Wouldn't I notice when they put me on the train in the first place?

baobun 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I guess moogly is baffled that as you apparently haven't noticed that this is where we are heading already - will you?

(Obviously it won't be a literal train given the state of our rail infrastructure but more likely a van in practice :p)

danans 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Wouldn't I notice when they put me on the train in the first place?

Welcome aboard. We left the station a few months ago.

	▲	tptacek 5 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		In this metaphor we're all going to the gulag together? Then does it matter if I notice it or not?

Dude, c'mon. You are smart enough to know it is a play on Martin Niemoller's "First They Came For...". If you don't think it apt, just say so.

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

—Martin Niemöller