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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] mhague@lemmy.world 127 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Nonviolent direct action has earned them the label "terrorists."

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 43 points 9 hours ago

When the sentence is the same for non-violent protest and for actual terrorism, don't be surprised if things get more extreme quickly.

[–] zarathustra0@lemmy.world 71 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

"The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are."

~~Marcus Tullius Cicero~~ Someone

[–] Quik@infosec.pub 15 points 7 hours ago

Grrrrr, he very likely didn't say that.

The closest to it I could find is “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws” by Tacitus (The Annals of Imperial Rome).

Cicero lived at the end of the republic, his problem wasn't too many laws...

[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 32 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Just more newspeak, like Trump calling everything he posts online "truths" while being nothing but lie after lie.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 14 points 9 hours ago

The Ministry of Truth -> MiniTrue

Truth Social -> 💩💨