Indeed. You might like this site we wrote that approaches from the technology angle. Didn’t write on a phone so may be a bit more coherent. ;-) https://trustworthy.technology/
That's fantastic stuff. I feel we're in some kind of 'inversion of control' situation here, from being the (relatively inept) masters of our tech we are slowly turned into peripherals.
Textual change suggestion:
"Earlier European censuses had helpfully laid out the details necessary to systematically and efficiently round up undesirables on a scale yet unseen or imagined."
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"Earlier European censuses had helpfully laid out the details necessary to systematically and efficiently round up those that were labeled undesirables on a scale yet unseen or imagined."
Also, I think malicious compliance needs to be addressed somehow, the tech industry has been weaponizing this.