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by matt4077 3335 days ago
That's not the point. The GP's error was calling the policy in question "socialism". It is not. Even if socialism->bad were always true, that doesn't imply the reverse, i. e. bad->socialism.

Spying on citizen has historically been used by every non-democratic regime, from the right-wing fascists to left-wing communists and west-wing Nixons.