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This is how a country slides into oligarchy. Quiet threats, regulatory scrutiny, tax audits, license reviews aimed at TV networks and newspapers until they deci
by CGMthrowaway 8mo ago
This is how a country slides into oligarchy. Quiet threats, regulatory scrutiny, tax audits, license reviews aimed at TV networks and newspapers until they decide it’s safer to stay quiet. And once the media falls in line, you have to ask what else is being forced into compliance behind closed doors, long before the public realizes what’s happening. What's next? Protesters swept up under sweeping surveillance and detention policies, speech narrowed in the name of "public safety", certain narratives becoming untouchable, etc.
- outside1234 8mo agoThis. We are in very serious trouble people.
- rexpop 8mo agoWhat're you going to do about it?
- hypeatei 8mo agoYou copy pasted this comment[0] then when I clicked reply it was slightly edited. What exactly are you doing? 0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47050245 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47050245
- catapart 8mo agobased on this users comments in a similar story from earlier, this seems like a bot.
- hypeatei 8mo agoYeah, I think so too. I'm not sure why I'm getting downvoted. I wish HN showed an edit history because that was a 1:1 copy paste at first.
- CGMthrowaway 8mo agoHad the wrong thing in my clipboard, my bad. Was writing the comment in notepad first