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Quexotic@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

So, neither of you are wrong. It was used correctly and people are numb to it.

Since they didn’t see stormtroopers at their doors, they figured there’s no real danger. They didn’t see that one group losing rights meant that they didn’t have rights either.

The regime is doing a good job of not terrifying their base and at the same time keeping them brainwashed and inflicting harm on the various outgroups.

What you’re seeing here, I think, is two echo chambers conflicting.

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