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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

Censorship is a real problem, but you don't have to embrace it. That's just making the problem worse.

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[-] zarathustra0@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Personal censorship has been around for a long time. People have always avoided saying things that others might view as weird or repulsive.

The true change is that everyday conversation is more monitored now than it ever has been before.

We have let insipidly authoritarian technology into our lives in an intimate way.

this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2024
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