Krugman: Government Tilting Towards “Authoritarian Surveillance” State

Krugman: Government Tilting Towards “Authoritarian Surveillance” State: After years of advocating a state powerful enough to control every economic aspect of our lives Krugman seems suddenly concerned when such a state might be looking to spy on every aspect of our digital lives. We’ve no doubt that Krugman will soon put forward a solution to this momentous issue that includes another trillion dollars in federal spending and a whole new spate of regulatory agencies intended to regulate all the regulatory agencies that we already have. This man, whom can predict nothing with accuracy, is nothing if not predictable himself.

This post was last modified on November 10, 2021

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  • How the worm turns eh Kludgeman? I'm sure when push comes to shove you will be back on your knees begging for more.

  • Who is going to watch the watchers? We are dangerously close to a revolution and a civil war yet again.

    • True enough, but the watchers are also watching our communications among ourselves so we're going to have to start using carrier pigeons for our messages again. The US Army Signal Corps was still using carrier pigeons during the First World War. I can do 'Old School' if I have to, some of these new military punks can't even find their shadows without GPS and the ones that can are more likely to side with us when the shit hits the fan.

  • He just wants to be ensured that him and his ilk are exempt from governmental absolute control, while he advocates it for others.

  • "...we are kind of on the authoritarian side."

    So long as there's a Democrat in the White House, Krugman will be cool with
    the "authoritarian side". Old Paul has embraced the dark side of American politics.