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Yes, they are able to. Democracy in no way prevents this level of surveillance, clearly. And in fact, the entire surveillance state/economy developed almost ent
by RedComet 2y ago
Yes, they are able to. Democracy in no way prevents this level of surveillance, clearly. And in fact, the entire surveillance state/economy developed almost entirely under democratic governments. If you were to make any inference based on that alone, then, it would be that it at least enhances or enables it.
- harry8 2y agoDemocracy requires the consent of the governed, which I say is absent here. Dictatorship can and has come out of democracy, this does not make dictatorship democratic.