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It really feels like a new Victorian age is upon us. Not only are you allowed to show an ankle under your skirt, even talking about female legs is frowned upon.
by inglor_cz 3y ago
It really feels like a new Victorian age is upon us. Not only are you allowed to show an ankle under your skirt, even talking about female legs is frowned upon.
The similarities go deeper than that. A mostly-uncontested empire (then, British, now, American) produced a leisure class that does not really have anything better to do than play zero-sum Moral Olympic Games.
Which also means that the only way out is in increased competition from non-Western nations. No one can afford too much verbal fluff in a Cold War 2.0.
- jasonwatkinspdx 3y agoWe're talking about sexual exploitation of minors and you're trying to cast this as victorian prudism? Seriously?
- inglor_cz 3y agoI wouldn't have a problem with disinviting anyone who actually did exploit minors, such as Polansky. What bothers me is the übersensitivity over a leaked e-mail from a private group. Weird people like Stallman can be expected to express weird opinions in their e-mails. Repression of weirdness can result in worse societal results than its expression.