Word: totalitarianism
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...implications are profound. Dissidents in totalitarian states could use Freenet to post samizdat that once had to be cautiously hand-circulated. Whistle-blowers could safely bring smoking-gun documents to light. But Freenet could also be put to less high-minded use. Critics say it will be a boon to drug dealers, terrorists and child pornographers. And it poses a new threat to intellectual-property rights. With Napster, at least there's a company to sue and a way to trace individuals who have downloaded CDs. If Freenet catches on, it may be impossible to find anyone to punish...
...rules, the surroundings, even the name--everything about Big Brother seems calculated to provoke publicity-generating criticism, viewer guilt and inmate discomfort and rebellion. From the ads (we get a glimpse of a shadowy form behind a shower curtain) to the totalitarian overtones (the producers address houseguests through a p.a. system), it pushes every button about VTV's potential for corruption and abuse...
...idea that the German regime was a totalitarian one, and that the average Germans were victims of the system is just plain wrong," he said...
...crowds would disperse, and attention would fall once more on the dissidents he keeps throwing in jail. Republicans would welcome two new voters, the Clinton Administration would celebrate the rule of law, and the Cuban expatriate community in Miami would put to rest the impression that they fled one totalitarian state only to set up a satellite version across the Florida Straits. No one would be asked to choose between freedom and love...
...ensure equitable employment practices under the Civil Rights Act, and can track health care and disease disparities. Despite what you may hear at your local bar or from your U.S. senator, the Census Bureau is not out to rob us of our privacy or plant an evil germ of totalitarian government control. Believe it or not, they're trying - in that unwieldy, slightly clumsy, bureaucratic way of theirs - to make our lives better...