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This is Orwellian logic. You are essentially saying “The enemies of a government seek to undermine it so let’s stop people from talking to each other.” I mean
by ViktorRay 9mo ago
This is Orwellian logic.
You are essentially saying “The enemies of a government seek to undermine it so let’s stop people from talking to each other.”
I mean how is that logic different from what Stalin did during the Soviet Union? “The capitalists want to overthrow us, let’s deploy the totalitarian surveillance state to control and monitor the people to stop them from rising up”.
And how is any of this logic compatible with democracy or human liberty?
- drysine 9mo agoWhy is it Orwellian?
- ViktorRay 9mo agoThe use of an external threat to justify internal suppression of basic human freedoms such as the freedom of speech. Freedom of speech naturally includes the ability to communicate with others. When the government blocks people from communicating with each other using an external threat as an excuse that is Orwellian. It is Orwellian because in George Orwell’s novel 1984 the 3 governments remaining in the world are at war with each other and each government uses the threat of the others for total surveillance and suppression of their own populations.
- maximinus_thrax 9mo agoJust a couple of days ago, this account was anti-censorship https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567052 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46567052 Wanted to let you know you're arguing with a Russian troll, the type you hear about in the news.