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Re:Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,00... by mdp2021 on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @05:16AM (#41993136)
"things with no sense - of ridicule, of shame, of decency (etc.)"

How to frame the idea into the context of "intellectual curiosity"? Probably with the question on how the surge of "things with no sense - of ridicule, of shame, of decency" has happened.

Some of us have become more and more puzzled about how the response in front of bold expressions of lowliness has become very faint.

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Re:Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,00... by anigbrowl on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @06:28PM (#42001211)
Fear. People are scared of calling bullshit when the response is likely to be violent. I could be fear of being physically hurt, or of economic power being used to ruin critics, or fear of social sanction.
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