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SomedayKindaLove

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12. Fear and compliance by silence

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue May 27, 2025, 06:55 AM

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Is the goal of authoritarian regimes. Keeping our noses to the grindstone and minding our own business is what they want.

Point fingers, laugh at, deride, shame, scream, protest while it’s still possible. I’m not looking for a hill to die upon, but if this isn’t it, I don’t think there is one.

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Fear and compliance by silence SomedayKindaLove Tuesday #12