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| ▲ | miningape 4 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Doesn't this imply that what we're seeing today and calling tyranny is more free than what came before? (anyone can become an individual broadcaster) Put another way - is this a case of the tyrannical calling the free tyrants? If Orwell or Huxley taught us anything it's that this how a state maintains its illusion/power - manipulating language and perception to make their control seem necessary/liberating. |
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| ▲ | amelius 3 days ago | parent [-] | | I'd say no, because this new free world came from the old world, so the latter must have been free. |
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| ▲ | MangoToupe 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Maybe very, very indirectly—it seems a lot easier to just blame the people currently wielding power, either in government or in business. |
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| ▲ | parineum 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| That's because we're not seeing _actual_ tyranny. Maybe a would-be tyrant, tryannical tendencies or a slide toward tyranny, however you might want to phrase it, but it's not tyranny. Individual broadcasters are also the largest detractors along with supporters. |
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| ▲ | vizzier 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | | This looks a lot like tyranny to me. Small scale and many may feel its justified but ICE appears to be acting repeatedly in defiance of lawful orders here. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04ryk6ed5lo | |
| ▲ | ok_dad 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | When is it tyranny? When he send the military into 19 states under federal control? Or does it have to be when he’s actually ordering the killings of his opponents? | | |
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