It Can’t Happen Here (and Other Myths) 0
A Chilean describes what it was like to live under a regime of massive state spying on its citizens. A snippet:
That toxic atmosphere is one of the reasons Angelica and I no longer live in Chile, despite many efforts to return before and after the restoration of democracy. We could no longer recognize a homeland where the persistence of duplicity and dread stifled trust and creativity.
. . . But there is nothing that compares with the sweeping and unchecked powers of surveillance authorities exercise today.
Just read it.
