Activity – Diogenes of Babylon – The Giza Forum (Legacy)

Diogenes of Babylon posted an update 5 years, 6 months ago

Text in German & English translation

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/disease/parliamentary-advisor-to-the-german-bundestag-has-come-out-warn-the-people/
- FiatLux replied 5 years, 6 months ago
  
  Seems they’re putting up more resistance in Germany than most other places. I guess memories of the Stasi are still fresh in some people’s minds.
  - Scarmoge replied 5 years, 6 months ago
    
    … Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, MfS or Staatssicherheitsdienst, SSD
    Wensierski, Peter – East German Snitching Went Far Beyond the Stasi
    … a good start to understanding the history … The Rise of Modern Police and the European State System from Metternich to the Second World War by Hsi-Huey Liang, and the film The Lives of Others.
    - FiatLux replied 5 years, 6 months ago
      
      It’s true I don’t know much about it. What I imagine is Soviet-type all-pervasive paranoia where your “friends” spy on you (a little of which I did see firsthand), combined with Nazi-type ruthlessness and efficiency. Awful stuff.