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You've got to understand that you kids have been raised in different times. In the 1980's, the German state tried twice to do a census of the population. Twice
by kleiba 4y ago
You've got to understand that you kids have been raised in different times.
In the 1980's, the German state tried twice to do a census of the population. Twice the protests by the people were so vivid, that they failed to do them. In 1983, the highest German court declared the planned census unconstitutional and in 1987, protests on May 1st turned into violence over this issue.
In 2022, Germany did a census again. There was basically no public objection.
- NovaDudely 4y agoAnother data point, here in Australia we do a census every 5 years. Never really heard any objection other than it is annoying.
- snapcaster 4y agoGermany has a very unique history when it comes to how records of their population were used...
- chaostheory 4y agoNot totally unique. The US government used its census for Japanese internment camps.
- FroshKiller 4y agoAnd it was American innovation that made the use of that census data possible for both countries thanks to Herman Hollerith's punch cards & tabulators and Thomas Watson's greed leading IBM to furnish the Nazis with that technology.