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by wahnfrieden 1437 days ago
you’re fine with state actors being able to precisely target propaganda / inciting calls to violence based on psychological profiles etc, including your neighbors
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Not that they are fine, probably they just have no avenue to defend against that. It would be like an ant declaring war on the elephant.
Or maybe like a nest of hornets declaring war on a person
individual vs collective action
state actors are much more prescient than that. From every tail light ticket to rain water collection law, the state bears every law on the threat of murder. That's the price for the social contract.