I wouldn't say it's characteristically fascist, but your instinct that all this will end poorly is probably right. Ever since the Snowden leaks, we've known tha

I wouldn't say it's characteristically fascist, but your instinct that all this will end poorly is probably right. Ever since the Snowden leaks, we've known that multiple nations built up a digital power disparity that can stockpile exploits and apply them for petty purposes. NSO Group proved that it can be done practically silently, to any phone, with no extra software. Situations like the Canada/India murder probe also recently suggested that supposedly-secure channels can be intercepted anyways. One can only imagine what China or the NSA is fully capable of today. So far we've avoided catastrophe, but it does feel increasingly like the surveillance and internet control lines have already been drawn. I'd hear out anyone who wants to steelman a nicer interpretation of things, though!