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minus-square@HerzogVonWiesel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish19•1 year agoTheres like a bazillion movies, books and games telling us why overarching surveillance is a bad thing.
minus-square@thehatfox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoThere’s plenty of real life examples of why overarching surveillance is a bad thing. The Stasi, the Gestapo, the Chinese social credit system, the myriad of Western domestic spying programs revealed by whistleblowers.
minus-square@xyon@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoOh, don’t worry, it’s only bad for the common people so that doesn’t count.
Theres like a bazillion movies, books and games telling us why overarching surveillance is a bad thing.
There’s plenty of real life examples of why overarching surveillance is a bad thing. The Stasi, the Gestapo, the Chinese social credit system, the myriad of Western domestic spying programs revealed by whistleblowers.
Oh, don’t worry, it’s only bad for the common people so that doesn’t count.