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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 110 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Hasn't it always been treated as such?

The fedboys were moving around Occupy like they were engineering a coup in a poor brown country.

So orange boy made it official?

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 59 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s McCarthyism 2.0, as American as apple pie

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Considering Roy Cohn was Trump's mentor you could consider it a continuation of the original

[–] Fandangalo@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Between this and the recent NSPM-7, the difference is the outward rhetorical combined with a directive of “pre-action”: stop these things before they commit crimes.

This changes the state of things into truly thought policing, not through unspoken, implicit societal norms, but with the authority and blunt force of the regime’s might.

It feels like we’re being fomented into a civil war while strategically weakening us on the global stage. It’s almost like the duty to the constitution & country has “left the chat.” I say “almost” because I have 3 kids and don’t want to be disappeared.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

“pre-action”: stop these things before they commit crimes.

This changes the state of things into truly thought policing, not through unspoken, implicit societal norms, but with the authority and blunt force of the regime’s might.

Yes. What was the name of that movie again... Anyhow this sort of shit has been quietly happening in many countries now, all at least partly inspired by the USA's "War on Terrorism".

[–] black0ut@pawb.social 6 points 2 days ago

Minority Report is the name of the movie, for anyone curious.

[–] Fandangalo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Quietly because we were ashamed. Loud because now we’re proud of it.

I leave it to the public to judge which of those are better.

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

The problem is not that he says it, but that he says it out loud.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 9 points 2 days ago

So orange boy made it official?

Yes. Though others before him weren't exactly quiet about it either.