More recently, this dynamic has spread to liberal democracies. In many cases, their reasoning is understandable. European data protection laws, namely the General Data Protection Regulation – which imposes a strict set of rules on how companies collect and use data – is perhaps the best example:
The reasoning is always understandable. That does not imply that it is moral, productive, authoritarian, just, or any other dimension we may or may not wish it to have. All it needs is to be true to those who enforce it.
