Re:Turkish government takes down YouTube too
by DickingAround on Thursday March 27, 2014 @11:31AM
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Blocking social media sites and expecting it to reduce tension is like turning off TV & radio broadcasting and expecting people to remain in their homes; it's a failure to understand modern systems of control. Orwell doesn't work at all. Huxley is your only hope Turkey :P
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Re:Turkish government takes down YouTube too
by InclinedPlane on Thursday March 27, 2014 @12:25PM
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Orwell does work, North Korea and Cuba are examples of that. But you can't create an Orwellian police state over night, and those sorts of oppressive regimes tend to be unstable (Libya, East Germany, Romania, etc. all gone now).
Re:Turkish government takes down YouTube too
by DickingAround on Thursday March 27, 2014 @01:08PM
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Fair point, good examples. Agree with stability issues.
Re:Turkish government takes down YouTube too
by twobits on Thursday March 27, 2014 @05:09PM
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"But you can't create an Orwellian police state over night, and those sorts of oppressive regimes tend to be unstable (Libya, East Germany, Romania, etc. all gone now)."
Only if there is an "outside", to force reality in. If you are the emperor, and control everything, the Orwellian state works very nicely..
They aren't that naive -- it's one of very many systems to exert control over. Their issue is that Twitter doesn't bow to pressure in the same manner that CNN Turkey does.
I totally agree. There are so many venues on internet you can express yourself. However on a limited time frame it works. Only a week away from the elections, not many people will be able to reconnect through other means.