21st century authoritarianism. Humans learned nothing from the 20th century.
I just went through airport security. It’s been coming a long time. 2001 made a lot of people in the US, at least, normalize big brother.
Worse, the children of the hippies have become reactionary bigots.
i'm pretty sure the majority learned plenty well. But that's not whose in charge is it. Even in democracy, especially in America, it's the billionaires and puritans making these choices.
This is the country that can´t stop dingy boats...this despite journalists always being able to be there on time to take pictures for the Daily Mail...
I'd argue that they actually learned it well, that's why we see anti-privacy stuff like this and Chat Control.