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Some good points
McFly — (archived)

My first reaction upon seeing "Bush is Hitler," or "the USA is Nazi Germany" is dismissive (old habit), but if the argument is couched in comparative terms, as you and (I think) Bowser suggest, then of course it has to be taken seriously.

The span from enlightened liberal democracy to fascism can't be expressed with a single bit, so to speak. It's a long continuum. I'm not going to venture a guess as to where we currently sit on that scale, but I agree that one doesn't have to look far afield to see troubling signs.

Spying on professors in the manner outlined in the original post would count as such a sign. Things like that need to be dragged out into the light of day where we can all have a good look at it. We're probably naive if we think we can end such behaviour, but certainly lost if we don't try.

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