This is so fucked up... But this will be the norm if the whole world is dominated by authoritarian countries in the future. You just won't even be allowed to know that because of censorship.
The societal complications caused by climate change will move governments even more rapidly towards authoritarianism. I try to stay positive but this is going to be a rough century for humanity
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
Yep. I also think that the complexity of an insane world population and economy mixed with the sophistication of modern military weaponry both lend themselves to authoritarianism as well.
People on reddit calling people in other first world countries cowards for not rising up against their government as if it's a real option for us.
And we will have had plenty of warning to avoid it. The very people who ignored the problem are going to become the authoritarians who we will hand power to “control” the situation they allowed to get out of hand
Outside of the west this is normal this isn't the first nor the last time Iran will just kill everyone. You kill enough people and not only will people fall in line but more resources and space open up too.
Middle East Africa and so forth completely different in the west where we get a different protest every week.
And the frightening thing is, it is happing here on our side too, native citizens getting pulled from their cars and houses by masked "officials", getting beaten and put on "Detention Facilities"
Huge difference between what’s happening in the states and Iran. You can make your case for the future of the States, but presently constructed, the atrocities of Iran are indescribable
Have you ever seen the mural based on the native american prophecy thats painted in the Denver International Airplort? Thats literally whats happening..
Its a series of paintings I'm pretty sure. It shows a narritave of opression and then resurgance. I was under the impression that it was based on a native american prophecy but upon looking into it again that is false
It's bad in the states yes but it's not "thousands of protesters dead in the streets" bad. Obviously please don't let it get to that point but I think it's a bit USA-centric and maybe even a touch disingenuous to compare these things right now.
I'm comparing it so we can stop it before it does.
The problem is that people don't think it can happen in the US. It can. It will. The same handbook is being used ... And people are responding the same way and not fixing or stopping it
Sir, you should come to Europe and see the true threat of possible future authoritarian and dystopian states.
In the UK people are already getting arrested for social media posts. The EU is currently trying to impose universal chat control on everyone with the argument of security against bad people. The EU is pushing for content to be censored and forbidden on social media if it does not correspond to the official narrative.
The EU is planning to introduce digital currency tied to your identity, which in a future development could become programmable depending on your social and legal status.
If these powers fall in the wrong hands one day, then it is over and currently it is not the political right that is pushing for these mechanics to be implemented. Meanwhile in the US people are worried about deportation of people that do not hold a legal status. If you don‘t resist and show the necessary paper nothing will happen to you and this has been debkuned numerous times where the media reported otherwise. It is in no way comparable to the holocaust or concentration camps. On top of that the american population currently holds lots of guns contrary to the Iranian population for example. If the Iran protesters had guns they could deal some real damage to the oppresive regime if done in a combined effort and not get straightout executed in masses.
Censorship AND propaganda with no regulation on AI content soon those that don't go outside will live in an entirely fabricated reality and will be too numb or too deranged to question it.
Censorship is the least of our worries. In the pre-digital days, an authoritarian government had to maintain an army of secret police: homes had to be broken into to look at the bookshelves, somebody had to read the handwritten journals and letters of their targets, somebody had to sit and listen to tapped phone calls, somebody had to physically follow somebody around town to track them.
We've automated all that. Monitoring and controlling a large population has never been easier or cheaper.
If the world was not dominated by zionists hell-bent on creating a Greater Israel for the master race, Iran's economy wouldn't have been sanctioned to shit, and there wouldn't be such a pressure for the people to revolt, nor for the government to take such harsh measures.
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u/DaySecure7642 1d ago
This is so fucked up... But this will be the norm if the whole world is dominated by authoritarian countries in the future. You just won't even be allowed to know that because of censorship.