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Like all reactionary policies, the point is not to create a neutral standard that can be enforced by an impartial bureaucracy, but rather to create a justificat
by mindslight 3y ago
Like all reactionary policies, the point is not to create a neutral standard that can be enforced by an impartial bureaucracy, but rather to create a justification for selective persecution by those in power.
Bureaucracy is a liberal idea. And as much as we're frustrated by it and hate it at times, it's better than the previous alternative of autocratic power.
- bell-cot 3y ago> Like all reactionary policies, the point is... I'm thinking that performative politics and loudly venting right-wing anger might be the main points. With the internet available on ~every kid's phone, it's not like arresting librarian or even closing the libraries would meaningfully restrict the access which minors in Alabama have to "obscene materials".