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   • Flock of Nazguls

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   And yet East Germany's Stasi managed it, almost.
   I recommend "Stasiland" by Anna Funder.

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     Flock of Nazguls (flockofnazguls@mastodon.flockofnazguls.com)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 23:01:11 JST Flock of Nazguls

     I still remember back in 1984, when talking about the same-titled Orwell novel, pundits were confidently declaring that such a surveillance state couldn't happen simply due to the sheer manpower required to monitor everyone in real-time.

     LOL