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Just a decade after a global backlash was triggered by Snowden reporting on mass domestic surveillance, the state-corporate dragnet is stronger and more invasive than ever.

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    24 hours ago

    This is why Fahrenheit 451 (and not 1984) is my go-to analogy for today’s plight: Bradbury correctly predicted that people would willingly walk themselves into an oppressive technocracy for the sake of entertainment and convenience.

    • U7826391786239@lemmy.zip
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      17 hours ago

      i mean we could say we’re living through 1984, brave new world, Fahrenheit 451, handmaid’s tale, maybe lolita–i haven’t read that one, but heard it’s a bit child-rapey

      whatever it is, no one source has really encapsulated the hell of actual reality today

      • shane@feddit.nl
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        12 hours ago

        I don’t find Brave New World to be especially dystopian. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯