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Militarism, surveillance, propaganda, statism. Reminds me of something. Are we the baddies now ?
by seydor 6mo ago
Militarism, surveillance, propaganda, statism. Reminds me of something. Are we the baddies now ?
- 1234letshaveatw 6mo ago[flagged]
- wao0uuno 6mo agoAlways have been.
- pydry 6mo agoIve noticed that certain people are chronically incapable of recognizing this.
- QuantumFunnel 6mo agoMany of them in this very forum
- ViscountPenguin 6mo agoHackernews is at its base a forum for startups. It's hardly surprising that people paid to make a thing might find it cognitively difficult to accepts its flaws.
- 8bitsrule 6mo agoStandard quotation applies. It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it! — Upton Sinclair I ran into this one just today .... "Let the logician and the Godman show The foolishness, but let the word be spoken. Tim embraced Tom, embarking for Heathrow. Smiling, Christmas-elated, somewhat sad too, Blessing the filthy world. Somebody had to." — Anthony Burgess, Byrne
- enrightened 6mo agoAlright, name one state that is functional and isn’t a baddie in your book.
- lesostep 6mo agoPrincipality of Sealand
- jagged-chisel 6mo agoNow I have to insist on a definition for "functional"