> government[s] are increasingly given powers to silence dissidence and legally rape people 1. Governments have always had these powers. The state has 'a monop

> government[s] are increasingly given powers to silence dissidence and legally rape people 1. Governments have always had these powers. The state has 'a monopoly on violence' and that can be abused in many different ways, without the need for pervasive surveillance. But it isn't, at least in the USA and the UK, we don't have 'death squads' roaming the streets or summary extra-judicial executions by firing squad for supporting the wrong political party, or having the wrong religion. 2. Wait, legally rape people... What?