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1. basisword · 1789670427 · focus · HN ↗

   I've never been super alarmist about this stuff. But recently was looking back and it really is staggering the amount of simple freedoms we've lost in the last 25 years. Partly through government overreach for 'security' and partly through technology becoming so pervasive. It really feels like rules get added regularly, and none ever get removed. Things just get stricter. And with technology we add a layer of self/citizen policing of everything. The 'disallowed' but relatively innocent things we could get up to as kids/teenagers just 20 years ago kids today could only dream of.

   1. quasse · 1789676997 · focus · HN ↗

      As someone who's lived fairly near the Canadian border for ~30 years, yup.

      It's hard to conceive that up until 2008 you could cross the border both ways without a passport. We treated them like the culturally and economically linked neighbors they are. Now it feels like a pointless, hostile interrogation in both directions.

      1. catlover76 · 1789678522 · focus · HN ↗

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