I think GPs point was that one should „clean up his own front porch“ (fix serious problems in their own country) before discussing others. I don’t agree with that though, I think China serves as an example as to where a turn to authoritarianism with heavy focus on economy can go wirh current technology, let alone tomorrow’s. We should be extremely careful to not end up in a dystopia with all the tools that are becoming available. This also shines another light on EU‘s approach to privacy that I think should be highly respected.