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Groxxtoday at 12:07 AM2 repliesview on HN

I grant the lol-concept, but citizens monitoring their government is extremely different from governments monitoring their citizens.


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edottoday at 12:24 AM

Citizens monitoring their government is literally THE foundation of democracy (ok, maybe voting comes before it, but then you have to monitor who you voted for to see if they’re doing what you voted for).

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tremontoday at 12:24 AM

Indeed. One is expected in a healthy democracy, the other is essential for a totalitarian state.