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		Invictus0 27 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions wit... if the people broadly support and vote for mass democratic surveillance, is it still authoritarian and undemocratic?

SOTGO 27 days ago [–]

Democratic maybe, authoritarian definitely

Invictus0 27 days ago | [–]

I disagree that surveillance on its own is authoritarian, it doesn't even come close to meeting the definition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism

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