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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @03365d6a53 8 Jul 2023 \ parent \ on: deleted by author tech
I don't know where to begin with this one
Pre-emptively creating centralised social media accounts due to fear of what the government or employers might think?
It might be time to join Darth in his citadel
Pre-emptively creating centralised social media accounts due to fear of what the government or employers might think?
Good point. I also see a similar argument when discussing bitcoin with people:
"Governments will just ban bitcoin"
And that comes from people who think they live in a democracy
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Yeah, that last point is such awesome cognitive dissonance, and so normal these days.
You know you are in a totalitarian system when people are so resigned to it they almost sound like they agree with it.
Thankfully, in some parts of the world, due to the violence of their captors over the centuries, there is varying degrees of cultural self defense against the clearly up for auction "government" which most citizens of such places refer to as Mafia, especially if they supposedly deposed all the mafia, I mean, who else does that?
Yeah, Putin's approval rating is high.
In a country where 40 years ago "shit is always breaking down" was not such an understatement.
My metric for a good candidate for expatriating from these soon to be Smart Cities is this:
Is there enough people alive now who remember what happened last time?
Governments are at their best when they are new. After a few years they are the same dirty crack whores.
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