The control of knowledge through surveillance

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“Information ran in a closed circuit between the government and its press outlet”

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“Everyone suspected everyone else, and the mistrust this bred was the foundation of social existence”

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“Many people withdrew into what they called ‘internal emigration’. They sheltered their secret inner lives in an attempt to keep something of themselves from the authorities.”

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“God could see inside you to reckon whether your faith was enough to save you. The Stasi could see inside your life too, only they had a lot more sons on earth to help.”

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