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1. Lukas 37 min later

   The thing is this is really dangerous once those in power no longer follow previously established values of society.

   1. Lukas 54 min later

      Imagine a hypothetical fascist regime coming to power, tracking messages or websites visited by dissidents. It could quickly identify and suppress them—through threats like deportation—before any legal process could intervene, as fascism involves the forcible silencing of opposition.

      1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later

         it’s a good thing facebook and palantir have no affiliation… wait

      2. Lukas 1 hr later

         Eyewitnesses (such as my late grandmother) still use the verb „abgeholt” – en: „picked-up“ – to describe Nazi arrests. This contrast highlights how routine and chilling the repression was ~90yrs ago : people vanished as easily as one might now be “picked up” for dinner.