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What would you say to those who were Jewish or another type of 'undesirable' in 1930/40s Germany, or one of the millions disappeared by the USSR secret security, or one of hundreds of thousands of Uighur peoples being oppressed/killed in modern day China?

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I think the comment you're replying to was sarcasm

That they live in a pretty shitty country in their lifetime. First two groups weren’t very successful in evading that fate either, despite it was no cams back then.

How on earth a country turns into an genocide state by simply implementing a surveillance? Why doesn’t South Korea oppress/kill anyone, having surveillance virtually everywhere except toilets? (Yes, there is an organization that prevents this.)

What if I told you that American society imprisons more people than any country in history? What if I told you that the US has a rich history of killing (effective) dissidents (e.g. Fred Hampton) and making life hell for others (e.g. Manning, Snowden)? That large scale abuses of minorities occurs every day? That things look like they are steadily getting worse?

I would say then that you cannot prevent this system imprisoning people, save Snowden or help minorities by reducing surveillance or leaving it as is. Unless there is a clear causal link pointing from it to these facts.

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