RockBottom@feddit.org to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe difference between Russian and American authoritarianismlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down132cross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoI remember how hard “undercover cops == secret police” rocked my sensibilities about authoritarianism’s Western form.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 months 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