the problem is, the democracies are adopting the worst practices of dictatorships at an alarming rate.
it is all veiled in a thin veneer of legitimacy, of course - protecting children, fighting terrorists, fighting nazis, fighting disinformation, etc, etc, etc, and there are plenty of people who will foam at the mouth to defend such measures as absolutely necessary and morally just.
I live in an authoritarion shithole myself, and I'm watching EU/US/CA/ANZ rapidly become more and more like my country with a mix of amusement and dismay.
I've been hit so many times by the 'you have freedom of speech - as long you agree with us' line in the last 5 or 6 years... and can't believe how many friends also think along similar lines.
it is all veiled in a thin veneer of legitimacy, of course - protecting children, fighting terrorists, fighting nazis, fighting disinformation, etc, etc, etc, and there are plenty of people who will foam at the mouth to defend such measures as absolutely necessary and morally just.
I live in an authoritarion shithole myself, and I'm watching EU/US/CA/ANZ rapidly become more and more like my country with a mix of amusement and dismay.