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I find it funny how people are concerned about government surveillance while completely ignoring the one which is being used in a very totalitarian way already
by pixelfarmer 4y ago
I find it funny how people are concerned about government surveillance while completely ignoring the one which is being used in a very totalitarian way already for many: Surveillance at the workplace in all its many forms. Companies have a very strict hierarchy, meaning from a political aspect they are, by and large, authoritarian, and worse, there is often some unspoken "class" level thinking in it that is used to reason such surveillance into place (among other things). Even worse, there are many places where private entities and government ones flow into each other, muddling the already dirty waters even more. So it is not just governments to be worried about, it is every, especially larger, entity where the people in command have some screws loose (which covers a large percentage of them).
- perryizgr8 4y agoCompany is paying us, vs we are paying government. I can resign and get out of the relationship with my company. No such luck with government lol. So the dynamic is not quite the same.
- moribundo 4y agoWe are technically free to forfeit our citizenship and move to another country, but the majority of us are not even afforded the luxury of quitting a poor job.