While such policies would doubtless have earned the German authorities many points with the old Stasi regime of East Germany
Stasi=The Ministry for State Security.
The Stasi was part of the East German regime, not as the author implies, the regime itself.
“Stasi=The Ministry for State Security.
The Stasi was part of the East German regime, not as the author implies, the regime itself.”
I think what the author meant was that the STASI was the enforcement part of the government and the only thing that kept the corrupt, unpopular regime in power.
I think the author is using STASI as a descriptive adjective, not as the name of the regime.
But, I agree with you, the sentence is poorly worded.
The Stassi were merely collectors of information...taking reports....filing them.
If anyone ever wants some good reading, go Google up the Neptune Hotel and Stassi. This was a East German hotel on the Baltic coast where folks went to relax. Each room had a microphone and the two-man crew would pick and choose rooms to listen in and collect information. 338 rooms.
It is a preoccupation of Germans to always prevent you from doing something that others consider bad behavior. For a lot of Germans, you didn’t have the right to leave a state or region, until the mid-1800s.
Difference without distinction. The Stasi regime is an accurate way of saying it. Just like in America today. A pervasive domestic spying agency wields the true power once it reaches a certain point.