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		reenorap 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK House of Lords attempting to ban use of VPNs by... 10,000+ arrests a year for posting offensive tweets? The fact there is no freedom of speech in UK and the politicians will willfully arrest people for wrongthink is disgusting. It means that any rational person will keep their mouths shut for fear of getting arrested.

left-struck 3 days ago [–]

Have you read 1984? This sounds like something leading up to the situation in the book, certainly not the worst parts.

t00 2 days ago | [–]

Orwell was a licenced critic even if anti-imperialist at heart he sold his soul to fight communism putting imperialist issues aside.

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