Now THAT'S what I call a demonstration

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10. The surveillance here is pervasive

And it bothers me plenty. The fact that we are catching up does not make me feel any better.

It just echoes the Republican justifications for asking for all the different forms of ID to vote--"what have you got to hide?" Answer: nothing, but why is everything I do your business? And if they fuck up, it's still your fault.

One year, and this is going back maybe 25 years, my wife went to vote. They told her she couldn't vote here because she lived in Munich. She told them she didn't live in Munich and had never lived in Munich in her life. They said their computer said she lived in Munich, so she lived in Munich, end of discussion. My wife then told them to look up our 2 daughters, then ages 5 and 3. Yep, they lived right here in our little town outside Düsseldorf. She then demanded they arrest her for child neglect and abandonment or let her vote. They let her vote.

They even "moved" her back to the town she had never left, but wouldn't erase her non-existent "former" residence in Munich. Maybe that kind of thing is not a big deal to you, but THAT kind of power in the hands of incompetent/disinterested state officials is a VERY big deal to us.