I'm not at all a fan of mass surveillance, but is it possible - just possible - that your statement might contain just a smidge of hyperbole?

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reenorap 2 days ago | parent [-]

10,000+ arrests a year for posting offensive tweets? The fact there is no freedom of speech in UK and the politicians will willfully arrest people for wrongthink is disgusting. It means that any rational person will keep their mouths shut for fear of getting arrested.

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left-struck 2 days ago | parent [-]

Have you read 1984? This sounds like something leading up to the situation in the book, certainly not the worst parts.

	▲	t00 a day ago \| parent [-]
		Orwell was a licenced critic even if anti-imperialist at heart he sold his soul to fight communism putting imperialist issues aside.