Oh, the military dictatorship of 1976 in a political discussion... Argentina's version of Goodwin's law still stands. The problem with that type of reasoning i

Oh, the military dictatorship of 1976 in a political discussion... Argentina's version of Goodwin's law still stands. The problem with that type of reasoning is that when going 30 years into the past and trying to discuss about a very specific fact, in this case being mass surveillance by state of the art technology, things get really blurry and arguments get bizarre. While one could argue a modern dictatorship could use current technology to silence its enemies in a more brutal and effective way, another position to take would be that electronic surveillance is easier to evade than actual spies following you or infiltrating your political organization. One could also explore the possibilities that arise by technology being used by the enemies of the dictators. For example, maybe Astiz cover would have been blown by someone in Madres de Plaza de Mayo when discovering his real Facebook profile/online identity.