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I'm not sure what you are saying adds to this discussion. In fact I think it mis-directs a useful debate. All the things you are complaining about are true literally anywhere else in the developed world right now. In fact, Australia probably has more cause for them then most because self-iso and aggressive contact tracing have done so much to keep us safe so that we can be free sooner rather than later.


Sometimes zoom-out perspective, "right now the whole western world [your point] is like a dystopian Gibson novel" is deeply meaningful.


Yes, but that can be considered assumed knowledge. The specialities of people here lend themselves well to discussing the gritty details of how dystopian surveillance systems are implemented. Which is a far more interesting discussion once you have exhausted your broader perspectives. I worry that the parent comment has a strong emotive hook which will distract from a more useful conversation that hasn't be had yet.


Well, discussing your worries might be best done with a professional. Interest is subjective. Herd mentality is hardly a justification of scope limitation, quite the opposite. We should dig in the places nobody else does, turn over the stones left untouched. Propriety is often just an abject affront to inquiry.




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