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Wow, the state of freedom of speech is probably worse than the soviets ATM, since during the soviet times the speech scanning tech was primitive and the thought
by mrtksn 3y ago
Wow, the state of freedom of speech is probably worse than the soviets ATM, since during the soviet times the speech scanning tech was primitive and the thought control was rudimentary and blunt.
Back in the old school totalitarian days at least your writings were banned after they were written.
Even 10 years ago it was fine, the worst was about blocking keywords and making printers refuse to print images of money.
What a sad state of affairs for the civilisation that used to claim to be about freedom not too long ago, even when The Matrix was released the internet was just catching on with the promise of global freedom. It turned into personalised police.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoI'm not sure why you think getting your account blocked is equatable to being sent to the gulags.
- mrtksn 3y agoYou are unsure because you are making both a strawman argument and historical inaccuracy. You don't go straight to gulags most of the time. Most of the time the officer screams at you and takes your books and notes your name. I also don't claim that this is the same as being sent to a gulag. This is just suppression of speech and mind control. It's going to be so much fun when those in power lose power to those they hate. Then they will be introduced to the value of privacy and freedom of speech.