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cosmicgadget • yesterday at 8:12 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Newspeak was part of a grand plan to control thoughts. This is just the government version of a CEO who considers himself a thought leader and his every dumb whim is made policy by lackeys.

Voters wanted the country to be run like a business, they're getting it.


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cowlevel • yesterday at 11:10 PM

This is a loyalty test. If you say SI you gain a loyalty point. If you say AI you lose a loyalty point. The government is forcing you to choose whether you posture yourself to align with the government or against the government.

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JumpCrisscross • yesterday at 10:30 PM

Was there merit to the domain squatting claims around Slovenian TLDs?