Re: Godwin, which solution is more "brittle"? Keeping the next fascist government from gaining control of the state, or somehow managing to keep all people and

Re: Godwin, which solution is more "brittle"? Keeping the next fascist government from gaining control of the state, or somehow managing to keep all people and companies from retaining any extra data about you? This isn't to say that we should allow companies to maintain extra data, but if that is your defense against the next Nazis you're screwed before you start, for the same reason that we say writing secure code in C and most C++ is a Bad Idea. It's impossible to do even for well-trained, very smart people who are trying to do the right thing. On that note, doesn't the state already have the majority of PII on you just for tax purposes alone?