Why indeed? I already don't bother listening to the authoritarians who favor censorship and surveillance.

Right! Someone on a forum labeled them stasi-fans and saved me from thinking for myself.

No it is not. Comparing the current surveillance capitalism with the Stasi is a trivialization of the former.

You're right, the Stasi was significantly less powerful and capable than their modern equivalents.

but it is important to point out their possible aspirations

You could get access to your Stasi file and work on getting yourself arranged with the State. It was not some secret algorithm like it is today.

Funny how when they're proposing these things they never address FOI issues like this :-)