It’s not a government obsession. It is capitalisms — surveillance capitalisms — obsession. Our governments are almost entirely corrupted by capitalist interests. Their success IS “national security”.
An authoritarian/fascist dictatorship was always the guaranteed end goal of the military industrial complex, secret police, the monetization of attention, and I fear capitalism in general.
It’s not a government obsession. It is capitalisms — surveillance capitalisms — obsession. Our governments are almost entirely corrupted by capitalist interests. Their success IS “national security”.
An authoritarian/fascist dictatorship was always the guaranteed end goal of the military industrial complex, secret police, the monetization of attention, and I fear capitalism in general.