cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/twitterblueskymastodon/p/1368791/nothing-to-hide-is-how-free-countries-die

Stop saying stupid stuff like: "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear."

Start saying: "A free country doesn't track innocent citizens."

Source: Mastodon.

“Nothing to hide” is how free countries die
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[–] 9 points 2 months ago

Truly in a rational world the statement that if you don't have anything to hide you should submit to total government surveillance would not warrant a response, not in the west with our history of relative freedom.

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