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by anthuman
2587 days ago
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It's not just the UK. The US, China, Russia, EU, New Zealand, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Israel, etc. The first thing you see after a terrorism incident is a controlled government+media propaganda campaign. They all use the same mindless talking points. The second thing the government+media does is advocate for stealing your rights and more surveillance. Someone does something bad, everyone else gets punished. It's true of "free" societies or authoritarian societies. Same tactics. Same terminologies. It's for our benefit and it's to keep us safe. Big brother loves us after all and knows best. |
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I'm not so sure the reasons are the same in each case. A totalitarian regime obviously would love the opportunity to limit rights because it gives them more control over the populace.
But free societies often do so (in my opinion) because of the politician's fallacy[1]. There's a public outcry to "do something" so the politicians scramble to "do something". Like scramble to ban bump stocks after the Vegas domestic terrorist event even though a bump stock ban would have a near negligible effect on future domestic terrorist attacks.
Then again, it's hard to tell if the public outcry is because of the media intentionally stirring the pot, and if so, it's hard to tell if the media is intentionally stirring the pot because of some hidden political agenda or if they are just optimizing for clicks/eyeballs.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism