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by sgjohnson 1586 days ago
> everyone should be more than freaking out about this. Yet nobody does. Because everyone is living too comfortable a life to dissent.

Just ask the Chinese. (general populace, not the government)

And that's basically a reason why I'm a libertarian, but unfortunately I don't see the future as more libertarian, unless there's a massive paradigm shift. The general populace will put up with whatever governmet oppression or tracking or whatever, as long as they can keep living their cushy, comfortable lives.

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>Just ask the Chinese. (general populace, not the government)

and what do they say?