Black Mirror.
Dry run my derriere!
Why is it I’m opposed to virtually all the subjects they don’t want us to talk about? They are attempting to teach this old dog new tricks. I’m not going to change my mind regardless.
-MacDuff
For Christmas, I gave the grandchildren four books. “1984,” “Fahrenheit 451,” “Animal Farm,” and “Brave New World.”
Last time I asked, they hadn’t yet read any of them.
Too busy what with school and friends Zooming, and all.
Busy, busy, busy....
Maybe it will be their Glorious Destiny to re-win their Liberty at some future point; or perhaps they’ll decide to live as witless slaves. Their choice. I did what little I could in talks with them, and with some strategic book-gifts.
Perhaps all who love Liberty must needs bleed for it themselves to truly value it.
I’m all for getting locked out of political debate because these are PRIVATE COMPANIES (and therefore shouldn’t be regulated in any way) and I’m a Libertarian with a pointy head.
we all lived just fine before online forums. Most people didn’t even engage in local happenings back then, let alone national happenings. Tech censorship does not matter. They are completely overplaying their hand and the net result is going to be failed business models when they drive their audiences\customers away. AND then, lawsuits from shareholders for mismanagement.
Recently read again the Book of John. It is amazing how little change there has been, even after 3,000 years. “Satans” minions are still hating and hurting others who don’t agree. As soon as Jesus healed the lame man on Sabbath, they hated and wanted to kill.
Solomon was right, “Nothing new under the sun.”
It’s already here. The government is forbidden by the Constitution to create a police state, so it farms out that job to corporations in return for special favors. twatter, farcebook and goofgle willingly spy on citizens and suppress any thoughts that don’t conform to the official party line. The government pretends that it has nothing to do with it, but lies.
Banks spy on depositors. They are mandated by the government to provide information about accounts to the government. They are forced to know their customers and to report anything suspicious. The government then says they don’t surveil us, when in reality they do by proxy.
What next? social conformity scores like in China? Inability to open bank accounts or use credit cards or create websites based on conformity with government wishes? (Wait! that’s already here!)
Please don’t use the words “land of the free” or some such thing around me.