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dystopia does not require the government - in fact some popular fictional dystopias are when corporations can control/etc without the government intervening. S

dystopia does not require the government - in fact some popular fictional dystopias are when corporations can control/etc without the government intervening. So maybe just don't word police other people because you don't like their words.

pb7 4y ago
- labster 4y ago
  The word dystopia comes from analysis of fiction.
  - pb7 4y ago
    The definition is "imagined state or society great suffering or injustice" -- Google cannot cause you great suffering or injustice because it has little to no power over you. Only a government or similar can truly cause great suffering en masse.
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- LegitShady 4y ago
  its not an argument, its about the definition of the word, and how you were word policing based on your opinion that doesn't actually reflect the way the word is used. It wouldn't be an issue if you just had given your opinion instead of demanding he stop using words, which was the primary reason for my reply, because you demanding other people stop using words is insufferably arrogant.
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    - MichaelCollins 4y ago
      > Is it insufferably arrogant to ask people to stop using insensitive, hateful, or discriminatory words? When that word is 'dystopia', yeah. Getting this offended about a megacorp being called dystopian is insufferable. Whatever your relationship is to Google, it doesn't warrant this level of personal attachment. You're acting like he insulted your own mother or something.
      - pb7 4y ago
        I’m not offended in the least, I’m just tired of reading melodramatic takes from people who haven’t experienced any hardship. It’s a common theme here and I want it to be better. Let’s attribute the correct level of concern to things instead of calling keeping track of people who defrauded you “dystopian”. There’s literally a war happening and an actual real government cutting off communications to its people so that they can’t protest, let’s focus on that very real dystopia.
        MichaelCollins 4y ago

pb7 4y ago

labster 4y ago
The word dystopia comes from analysis of fiction.
- pb7 4y ago
  The definition is "imagined state or society great suffering or injustice" -- Google cannot cause you great suffering or injustice because it has little to no power over you. Only a government or similar can truly cause great suffering en masse.
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LegitShady 4y ago
its not an argument, its about the definition of the word, and how you were word policing based on your opinion that doesn't actually reflect the way the word is used. It wouldn't be an issue if you just had given your opinion instead of demanding he stop using words, which was the primary reason for my reply, because you demanding other people stop using words is insufferably arrogant.
- pb7 4y ago
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  - MichaelCollins 4y ago
    > Is it insufferably arrogant to ask people to stop using insensitive, hateful, or discriminatory words? When that word is 'dystopia', yeah. Getting this offended about a megacorp being called dystopian is insufferable. Whatever your relationship is to Google, it doesn't warrant this level of personal attachment. You're acting like he insulted your own mother or something.
    - pb7 4y ago
      I’m not offended in the least, I’m just tired of reading melodramatic takes from people who haven’t experienced any hardship. It’s a common theme here and I want it to be better. Let’s attribute the correct level of concern to things instead of calling keeping track of people who defrauded you “dystopian”. There’s literally a war happening and an actual real government cutting off communications to its people so that they can’t protest, let’s focus on that very real dystopia.
      - MichaelCollins 4y ago