Comment on If most of us believe what we're told, if we are obedient that way, and keep an eye on our possibly-deviant neighbors, and those neighbors know that they are being watched, that's good enough.

entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• rainrain@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah but it’s an efficient, smooth-running dystopian nightmare

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  • fubbernuckin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    … Are you arguing for or against things getting worse?

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    • rainrain@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I am describing a minimal-effort dystopian nightmare. You trick the serfs into oppressing themselves. Much cheaper than a panopticon.

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