[grownseed]

Something I said before on a related topic:

> It is truly fascinating (and of course, terrifying) to watch governments expect, demand and enforce complete transparency and blind trust from the people, while providing absolutely none of either.

The constant flow of such news only makes this feel truer by the day. It blows my mind that so many of the people who defend these actions are the same people who will take any opportunity to disparage other "non-democratic" countries, while gloating about their supposedly unique freedom. The hypocrisy and the superiority complex are palpable.