This is the sort of apparatus that, once installed, lies dormant until one day it is called into action and springs shut, clamping down on freedom. Just becaus

This is the sort of apparatus that, once installed, lies dormant until one day it is called into action and springs shut, clamping down on freedom. Just because they're building the gallows slowly and using such wonderful rope doesn't make the eventual hanging any less troublesome. EDIT: You know, 70 years ago today the Red Army found out what could be done with good record keeping and decent surveillance, and at what scale. Imagine, just imagine, if you could type your favorite demographic into a terminal, get a list of everyone fitting that and some other criteria, and then a list of addresses and doors to knock on. Mankind and government has never done well with such power.