| ▲ | proc0 13 hours ago |
| 21st century authoritarianism. Humans learned nothing from the 20th century. |
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| ▲ | s5ma6n 12 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I'd argue that they actually learned it well, that's why we see anti-privacy stuff like this and Chat Control. |
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| ▲ | christophilus 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I just went through airport security. It’s been coming a long time. 2001 made a lot of people in the US, at least, normalize big brother. |
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| ▲ | HPsquared 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This time is different, they say. |
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| ▲ | cyanydeez 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| i'm pretty sure the majority learned plenty well. But that's not whose in charge is it. Even in democracy, especially in America, it's the billionaires and puritans making these choices. |
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| ▲ | pkul 12 hours ago | parent [-] | | Puritans? | | |
| ▲ | sheauwn 12 hours ago | parent [-] | | They are likely referring to religious fundamentalists, mostly evangelical Christians. Puritans is a reference to an older christian fundamentalist group in the US that now have a connotation as extreme in their views. | | |
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| ▲ | zombot 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Worse, the children of the hippies have become reactionary bigots. |
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| ▲ | mantas 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | More like a good bunch of the hippies were in it just to have a good time. And then happily built the system we know. | |
| ▲ | jpfromlondon 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | it's the hand-wringing do-gooders that implemented all of the authoritarian practices in the uk. |
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| ▲ | root-parent 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| This is the country that can´t stop dingy boats...this despite journalists always being able to be there on time to take pictures for the Daily Mail... |
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| ▲ | codeduck 12 hours ago | parent [-] | | All right, mate, let's hear your plan for securing the UK's south-eastern coastline. | | |
| ▲ | root-parent 12 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | If Daily Mail journalist can be there on time to photograph the boats, the authorities could spend less time in the pub, and make some arrests... | |
| ▲ | Citizen_Lame 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Sharks and tornados, and imagine if we can combine them! | | |
| ▲ | codeduck 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Bad news, budget cuts mean we can afford a flounder with a paper fan. His name's Steven and he lives about twenty yards east of Lulworth Cover, but we reckon he's okay to commute to work. |
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| ▲ | Grum9 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | [dead] |
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