"turnkey tyranny" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From turnkey + tyranny. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} turnkey tyranny (uncountable)
  1. (politics) An institutional, legal, and technical infrastructure — particularly mass surveillance, data collection, and centralized state power — that is built up to a point where it is likely to be abused for authoritarian ends, or could be activated by any government so inclined with little additional effort. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-turnkey_tyranny-en-noun-td49kvK6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Politics Topics: government, politics
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