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Fusion - It’s shaped like a U. I want a power district that reads “Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu”
Honestly I feel this is a problem in all aspects of life. People (and they are most often liberals ime) resist simple solutions in favour of their own, complicated approach that isn’t even necessarily a solution because it makes them feel like they’re in control.
Maybe I’m an old fuddy duddy, and I certainly don’t exist pre-atomisation, but I’d argue atomisation of society has seen people less able to just discuss and not insist on their own way.
I don’t think it’s increasing overall, it’s just been changing to be more internet-focused. You have to remember that since the internet first came into the popular global stage, governments worldwide have been scrambling to get a chokehold on it.
Massively overemphasising the dangers of online sexual abusers, drug trade, “terrorist propaganda”, cyberhackers, copyright etc has been the approach of most governments since the 90s, and it’s absolutely worked. Despite being borderline non-existent threats, it’s been the excuse governments needed to have the authority to block whatever they want and have more of a hand in any large-scale online entities. (Not to mention playing up fears of “foreign censorship” as super evil so our own looks good by comparison).
Obviously, in the 90s, it wasn’t a yet major issue, because most people still watched TV news. As people have slowly gone online and turned away from traditional media, governments have simply continued to ramp up the fear of internet boogeymen to ensure they have a similar hold on internet media sources instead.
So I’d argue there’s always been this strong grip on censorship, it’s just as internet-goers, we’re slowly seeing it migrate here from elsewhere.
Minimal similarity to any domesticated animals
That is a goat with a long tail. They’ve even got the cloven hooves.
Germany never knew how to handle the DDR correctly.