Following the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg on December 20, the Parliamentary Control Panel for the Intelligence Services and the Bundestag's Committee on Internal Affairs were briefed by Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) and representatives of the security authorities in a special session. At the same time, the red-green federal government has now declared data retention to be its own wish.

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[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It is not exactly funny. It is a common manipulation technique:

People are upset and a little afraid because of [whatever].

Then you simply tell them the world will become better if they allow you to solve it by doing XY.

XY does not need to be connected to the problem [whatever] in any way. You just claim it. It still works.

[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

Yes!

The United States government and politicians did this to us by using the 911 tragedy.

They pushed a lot of policy to surveil our own citizens and much more.

Fearmongering works; it has made us okay with forever wars and the allowing of a police state.

Versus looking at when the Vietnam War was taking place, a lot of people were able to see on TV what was happening, and many anti-war protests happened.

The USA PATRIOT Act was a landmark Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W. Bush. The formal name of the statute is the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, and the commonly used short name is a contrived acronym that is embedded in the name set forth in the statute. The Patriot Act was enacted following the September 11 attacks and the 2001 anthrax attacks with the stated goal of tightening U.S. national security, particularly as it related to foreign terrorism. Wikipedia