it’s older than that. censorship has always hid as “protecting the youth from radical idealists” while letting authoritarians say anything they want to maintain a specific narrative where the limited protected class gets to remain the limited protected class. they’ve gone by many names. the high priests, the patricians, the nobility, the bourgeoisie, the party, the council, the oligarchs, the billionaires. they also always label an unprotected class as being the root of all the problems the protected class causes.
nothing is new. 1984 describes three great imperial powers locked in permanent combative detente. this is based on george orwell’s observations on history, and his prediction that this would not fundamentally change in his lifetime without something changing.
it’s older than that. censorship has always hid as “protecting the youth from radical idealists” while letting authoritarians say anything they want to maintain a specific narrative where the limited protected class gets to remain the limited protected class. they’ve gone by many names. the high priests, the patricians, the nobility, the bourgeoisie, the party, the council, the oligarchs, the billionaires. they also always label an unprotected class as being the root of all the problems the protected class causes.
nothing is new. 1984 describes three great imperial powers locked in permanent combative detente. this is based on george orwell’s observations on history, and his prediction that this would not fundamentally change in his lifetime without something changing.