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Well to be honest, in retrospect the present Germans are lucky as compared to other countries that they already are educated either first, or second hand about
by sigkill 13y ago
Well to be honest, in retrospect the present Germans are lucky as compared to other countries that they already are educated either first, or second hand about the issue of government knowing everything. Another point could be made is that thank god it happened during the low tech era and not today because a Hitler-esque figure armed with a German equivalent of Google would positively fuck up the entire world with even better efficiency.
- killerpopiller 13y agodon't forget the Stasi (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit), in many ways it is more present to us.
- alanctgardner2 13y agoGermany occupied NL during that time frame, I'm sure the Dutch are familiar with it too. Most of Western Europe is, actually.
- tripzilch 13y agoSort of, yes, back then our state records showed nicely who was and wasn't Jewish. So we got a law that forbids religion to be listed in these records. And now we log everything else.
- goblin89 13y agoCountries that were part of or occupied by USSR have been there as well, I think.
- walshemj 13y agoWhat alas struck me as odd in Germany that after ww2 and the Stazi in east germany you still have manditory ID cards + registration when you move with the police! and you get upset about street view?
- trin_ 13y agoyou dont have to tell the police when you move. only the local goverment (Einwohnermeldeamt)
- stonemetal 13y agoIn this context it sounds a little scary either way(don't the local police have access to local government records so same difference.) It could be quite innocuous, like being registered to vote, and needing to know in which local elections you can participate.