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People love this and it honestly makes me sick. “Because what I don’t like is being removed I’m happy” —- Now what happens when something you DO like is removed?

It will be like DMCA but for political content. They start with the obvious abuse and then whack anything they don’t like with it. AND YOU’RE ROLLING OUT THE WELCOME MAT!



The pendulum will swing and it'll come back to bite those cheering this on. It always happens.


If we look at how communist countries have evolved historically the most likely thing to happen is that someone who talks the talk gets into the highest position and then purges both the right and the left, retaining only yes-men willing to go along with anything. Then it collapses into dysfunction as important information doesn't reach leadership, because no one dares to suggest they are wrong. Finally it evolves into a more typical loose dictatorship, where contrary information is allowed "within reason" as long as you don't commit Lèse-majesté.




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