RockBottom@feddit.org to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoThe difference between Russian and American authoritarianismlemmy.worldimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageThe difference between Russian and American authoritarianismlemmy.worldRockBottom@feddit.org to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square11linkfedilinkcross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoI remember how hard “undercover cops == secret police” rocked my sensibilities about authoritarianism’s Western form.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-225 days ago The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of Ingsoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible. 1984 - Appendix, George Orwell
I remember how hard “undercover cops == secret police” rocked my sensibilities about authoritarianism’s Western form.
1984 - Appendix, George Orwell