Authoritarians’ Achilles’ heel always has and always will be a citizenry practiced in critical thinking. It is why the north star of authoritarian power from the Church to the CIA has always been information asymmetry. They claim to be the only ones who can be trusted with the power of knowledge while they actively spread disinformation. When the security apparatus of the state speaks of total information awareness, they mean their own awareness, not the people they nominally serve.
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