alt Hacker NewsRefined 1.01 authoritarian form: Everybody knows you didn't win, and everybody knows the sentiment is universal... But everyone maintains the same outward facade that you won, because it's become a habit and because dissenters seem to have "accidents" falling out of high windows.
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dclowd9901 • yesterday at 8:22 PM
Is that not the "Emperor's New Clothes" form? That would be like version 0.0.1
infinitewars • yesterday at 7:44 PM
it's a sad state these days that we can't be sure which country you're alluding to
V 1.02: Everybody knows you didn't win, and everybody knows the sentiment is universal... But everyone maintains the same outward facade that you won, because they believe that the others believe that you have enough power to crush the dissent. The moment this belief fades, you fall.