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Re:Is the Internet to Blame for the Rise of Authoritarianism? by emersonrsantos on Sunday December 09, 2018 @05:48PM (#18643815)
The internet was never meant to be decentralized or anonymous: it was conceived more as a redundant network that would enable communications in case of a nuclear accident. I think we already live in Orwell’s world - I don’t care or believe privacy is something that can be attained easily today unless you are willing to cut your contact with every computer in the world, which is just not feasible.
Re:Is the Internet to Blame for the Rise of Authoritarianism? by slowmovintarget on Monday December 10, 2018 @11:59PM (#18653374)
We don't yet live in Orwell's world of 1984. We live in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, which, incidentally, is how you get to Orwell's world eventually.