Quote from: Free Market Capitalist on Today at 03:06:36 PM

It would be good if you had specified which countries you are referring to, as I am sure they all fall on the same side of the political spectrum. If I google it, the first 10 results are:

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China
Belarus
Turkey
Russia
Iraq
Iran
North Korea
UAE
Oman

In other words, a mixture of neo-communists and authoritarians, which are usually linked. The latest controversy in this regard has been in the UK, whose government seems determined to bring to life the novel 1984 that you refer to.

I think it's important to emphasize this because I keep seeing people on the forum arguing that the best guarantor of society's well-being is a strong state that controls evil corporations, lest they make too much money, and other such nonsense.

I'm referring to the UK, specifically. As you probably remember, I don't even live there, but it still bugs me.

EU is trying something silly like this too, but only for social media counter-privacy for now.