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state power

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The art of keeping the people down

Günter Frankenberg: Authoritarianism. Constitutional theoretical perspectives

THE AUTHORITY: Authoritarian leaders only follow the Constitution as long as they profit from it.
Lars Holm-Hansen -

What about the people?

GRASS ROOT: When politics fails, who will take responsibility?
karikari@bestemor.no -

Social control 4.0

: China's digital social credit system operates with a form of gamified control, which rewards users while scoring points for online and offline behavior. By 2020, the Chinese authorities plan to establish a nationwide system. Western commentators react with disgust, but is our own social media really that much better?
kuehnreich@posteo.de -

New authoritarian state power with good intentions

Josie Appleton: Officious: Rise of the Busybody State

: Regulations, devices and control – a new type of state power increasingly intervenes in daily life.  
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