:1984: ugh it doesn't do a whole lot but the devs said your police go plant bugs and stuff. i mean they are surprisingly pacifist otherwise, no arrests, you just blacklist reactionaries from important jobs (or those that aren't "loyal to the state"). it does take some of the pure socialist urban/nation planning away from an otherwise good game. not sure how historically accurate it is, but if bug planting and removal of responsibilities is as "police state stasi" as this gets i won't be too upset in the long run. beats murdering citizens in the streets for minor crimes

  • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I'm honestly not sure what you mean. The specific example I originally used:

    They mostly did surveillance and put pressure on people (such as having student dissidents fail classes).

    And the perception Americans have of the Stasi, also from my first post:

    Certainly not the “run around oppressing and assassinating everyone” image people in the West seem to have built up of them.

    Clearly, one doesn't line up with the other. Of course the image people in the West have of the Stasi is exaggerated. You can call that a "truism" if you want, but it's literally the entire point of this thread of comments and you seem to even agree with it here.

    Whatever you think it is I'm arguing, I assure you I'm not.

      • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Seriously, what is it I'm missing from your comments? It's possible I accidentally skipped over a line while reading/replying.

          • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            As far as I know, I replied to every comment. And I assure you that if I did that, it wasn't intentional. Again, please let me know the points I haven't addressed. It's totally possible I'm missing something here.

              • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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                3 years ago

                "The only people in the world who think college kids are adults are either cops or kids who are even younger."

                OK, I think this is what you're referring to? Yeah, I accidentally missed that line while reading the first time around, sorry about that.

                Thing is, college kids are factually adults (according to the definition of the word everyone uses), even though they might not all be fully mature. Beyond that, your example of "19 years old" is essentially the youngest age for college students, and I'm talking about political dissidents who I'd imagine are typically not in their first year.

                Regardless, I agree (and have said in other posts in this thread) that there were certainly overreaches. My sole point was that the Stasi were not nearly as violent as they are in the average Westerner's mind.

                Edit: this was meant to relate to the text in the OP, quoted below.

                not sure how historically accurate it is, but if bug planting and removal of responsibilities is as “police state stasi” as this gets i won’t be too upset in the long run. beats murdering citizens in the streets for minor crimes

              • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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                3 years ago

                I feel like I'm going crazy here. I'm going to read over the thread again to see for myself if I missed something.

                  • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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                    3 years ago

                    See my other reply, quoted here.

                    “The only people in the world who think college kids are adults are either cops or kids who are even younger.”

                    OK, I think this is what you’re referring to? Yeah, I accidentally missed that line while reading the first time around, sorry about that.

                    Thing is, college kids are factually adults (according to the definition of the word everyone uses), even though they might not all be fully mature. Beyond that, your example of “19 years old” is essentially the youngest age for college students, and I’m talking about political dissidents who I’d imagine are typically not in their first year.

                    Regardless, I agree (and have said in other posts in this thread) that there were certainly overreaches. My sole point was that the Stasi were not nearly as violent as they are in the average Westerner’s mind.

                    Edit: this was meant to relate to the text in the OP, quoted below.

                    not sure how historically accurate it is, but if bug planting and removal of responsibilities is as “police state stasi” as this gets i won’t be too upset in the long run. beats murdering citizens in the streets for minor crimes