Comment by alephnerd

Depending on the society.

Societies that are strongly collectivist in nature tend to align closer with expanded state powers and don't view it as an affront.

The techno-individualist subculture that is common on HN and Reddit is that - a subculture.

Techno-individualism cannot coexist with collectivist culture where the primacy of the state is held as sacrosanct and supreme.

And now that countries like Russia [0], Iran [1], and China [2] have been expanding hybrid warfare capabilities across the West - especially now that Europe is now expeiencing the largest conventional war since WW2 - we need to recognize that we are no long in a state of peace.

[0] - https://www.ft.com/content/2084e87d-d491-4852-8449-f90b73d47...

[1] - https://www.ft.com/content/adc3e954-5928-471b-b7f2-e4385bbca...

[2] - https://www.ft.com/content/63720831-8805-497d-8145-1713e450a...