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rampartd

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5. the orwellian aspects of this dystopia are stunning

Reply to usonian (Reply #4)

Tue May 5, 2026, 02:23 AM

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and certainly a technological advance on any totalitarian regime of the 20th century.

they openly revere franco and pinochet which is fascist in my book,

is "authoritarian" accurate enough? i think they aspire to "totalitarian" but even that is a distinction invented to allow reagan to kill liberation movements

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i'm a fiddler not a diddler rampartd Tuesday #1

Agree, but we're in a society where money is God. And nothing else matters. You know the examples. usonian Tuesday #2

we are programmed by language rampartd Tuesday #3

I find that the fascists (of any time and any ilk) disconnect words from meaning. Words are weapons, used for effect. usonian Tuesday #4

the orwellian aspects of this dystopia are stunning rampartd Tuesday #5

Too late to distinguish. usonian Tuesday #6