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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Monday March 01, 2021 @01:44PM (#26306436)
This. And you only spoke political jokes to really close friends.
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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by inglor_cz on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:56PM (#26307529)
I was 11 when Communism fell in my country.

By that time, kids knew perfectly well what to say in school, what to say among close friends and who of their colleagues was a snitch.

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Re:Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring ... by d1zzy on Monday March 01, 2021 @05:18PM (#26309226)
It was chilling when before the first day of school may parents made it very clear I shouldn't tell anyone (especially not teachers) that they were listening to Radio Free Europe.
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