Comment by bobxmax
Comment by bobxmax a day ago
It seems to me that security and surveillance conscious folks tend to sit on either extreme of the spectrum
Comment by bobxmax a day ago
It seems to me that security and surveillance conscious folks tend to sit on either extreme of the spectrum
Because governments aren't persecuting people in the middle of the spectrum.
Being in the center of the political spectrum doesn't make you "docile." What a ridiculous notion.
Then why do they need to spy on people? I mean, I agree with you. The center parties typically aren't persecuting massive amounts of people for their beliefs and "thought crimes", but they do still seem a little to happy to spy on people.
Probably more relevant in multi-party parliamentary systems, but someone pointed out that: if the left wing parties and the liberales agree on a policy, you should probably just implement it immediately. (Said about the Danish Red–Green Alliance and the Liberal Alliance, an eco-socialist party and a right-wing liberal party respectably).
Politics isn’t a line. Center in most countries is “fine with whatever the government tells me” from forced medical experimentation to genocide.
You’re right tho in that it does seem like people who reject the lies their government tells them may be slightly more likely to say things that upset you on the internet (since I’m guessing that’s what you mean by persicution)
I was using persecution as a response to the parent post, which I took to mean that the far left and right are more likely to persecute political opponents and expect persecution themselves, so they are reluctant to approve of government surveillance out of fear that they are on the receiving.
> Center in most countries is “fine with whatever the government tells me” from forced medical experimentation to genocide.
This is a strawman, plain and simple. Calling the political center of any country "fine with genocide" isn't an argument, it's a smear. I'm a centrist democrat, I'm not fine with either of those things and you'd be hard pressed to find someone who is. You can disagree with moderates like me, but painting them as compliant with atrocities is dishonest and lazy.
> Politics isn’t a line
No disagreement here, sometimes it's a horseshoe and you're proving the theory true.