Sunday, April 26, 2020

COVID-19 | A Boon and Boost to the Surveillance State

Date of publication: April 25, 2020

Ultimately, democratic freedom is lost not by a sudden attack carried out by a larger force, but by attrition rooted in a cacophony of silence and a passive consent to oppression. By the time we realise the same, the strategic pressure points of democracy would have been compromised beyond repair and healing. It is mass testing for detecting the virus that is the answer, not mass-surveillance. The collective resources of the planet should be directed towards this end.

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