This relies on, normatively, shame, and legally, a Stasi-esque police state. I don’t know what about the last twenty years of politics or culture would imply the former is an option.
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#221984 was meant to be a satire, not a manual.
I always felt the movie "Brazil" was the satire. 1984 was the horror film.
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#23Right because the UK is such a safe place.
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> The thing that billionaires don't realize is that they fall into the "citizens" category.
Or they realize they don't?
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#25The fact that an out of touch billionaire might say such a thing doesn't bother me much, he's out of touch after all. The fact that we reliably and repeatedly see peasants (i.e. any less equal animal, so everyone here) who have no such excuse cheerleading for specific implementations in furtherance of their pet issues bothers me greatly. I'd say you ought to know better, but you do. When these subjects are discussed…
But we're all going to be billionaires soon, right? Right? Edit: /s, in case it wasn't obvious
You got like 7 phds in your pocket... it's on you if you don't use them. smh.
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#26"If you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to worry about." Eric Schmidt At one point, being gay was against the law, abortion is against the law in some places, at one time being an atheist could get your head cut off. Let's do some nonstop recording of Larry Ellison, his children, his entire family, his neighbors, because they'll "be on their best behavior, a midnight nonstop recording" The rich and elite ne…
I think it's that increasingly the "wrong" things they're worried that people are doing... are direct threats to them (oligarchical wealth holders).
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#27"Citizens will be on their best behavior because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that’s going on" Video games and YouTube can't be entirely to blame for the significant falls in alcohol consumption and the night entertainment industry generally. People don't want to get drunk, do something stupid, and end up on blast all over the Internet now that everyone's carrying a camera connected to the ent…
I think the choice of drinking or not is really disconnected from cameras. You can drink just fine at home and people are just drinking less.
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#28Larry Ellison is ultra-pro Israel if you didn't know.
He and others are pushing for Bari Weiss take a key role at CBS to better "defend Israel":
https://nypost.com/2025/09/19/media/shari-redstone-says-bari...
And many people are worried about a similar type of agenda setting at TikTok now:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/will-tiktoks-new-own...
Netanyahu, for his part, believes it is super consequential for Ellison to takeover TikTok:
https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/1972326967983923636 (Video)
https://jewishinsider.com/2025/09/tiktok-sale-netanyahu-amer... (Summary)
(And if that wasn't enough, Ellison has his eyes set on Warner Brothers next, which includes CNN: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/business/media/paramount-... )
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#30Why is it that every single person born between 1940 and 1965 (or making more than $1 million per year) just wants to see all freedoms erased and every natural resource exhausted for their personal comfort?
Mostly agree but your income number is a bit low. Suggest 3-5M per year and 20M net worth.