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-title: The Stasi and the nature of surveillance
+title: The Stasi and the implications of surveillance
 author: Mohit Agarwal
 date: July 2021
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 # Surveillance in powerful systems
 
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 Perhaps the most interesting 
 
+# Surveillance and control
+
+The tools of surveillance served the state, and in return the state
+served the Stasi. Just as to us, surveillance agencies and government
+may appear separate, in East Germany they were demonstrably not. There
+is arguably a great deal more power and flexibility was afforded to
+the rulers of the state by the actions of the Stasi. The authoritarian
+stance of the ruling party existed not only in high level politics,
+but in the daily lives of the individual. In this way, survaillance is
+much like propaganda. Surveillance, often in a way that people may not
+at first initially recognise, is able to have a widespread impact on
+individuals according to the wishes of those in power.
+
+In the GDR, those in power wanted to actively control the lives of
+their citizens, and ensure behaviour according to the rules of the
+state. Surveillance might serve those who want control particularly
+effectively. The Stasi was able to influence people through their
+surveillance and their spread to all assets of society. The Stasi was
+able to make its way into the groups it considered 'enemies', such as
+the Church. Many members of the church were Stasi members or
+informants, and by this method of infiltration, surveillance can
+empower those who wish to control their populations to find and
+silence dissenters. This has the ability to create an atmosphere of
+fear, where one is unaware of who may be an informant and is aware of
+what not to say to others. A consideration of who 'worked for' the
+Stasi is important. The number of Stasi informants were much larger
+than full-time Stasi officers [@popular-involvement]. This is the tool
+of controlling surveillance: seeping into the small parts of our
+societies; in schools, factories, churches, and families the Stasi had
+far greater power and knowledge than it would on a higher level.
+
+This consideration has major implications with the development of
+technology following the end of the Stasi's operations, given the
+prevalence of sophisticated devices with microphones and cameras,
+which the Stasi went to great lengths to plant in private places, but
+that we carry around with us as granted.
+
 # Conclusions
 
 In a sense the reality of the Stasi and the ways in which it impacted
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 # References and bibliography