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It doesn't matter. It didn't matter for all the people in East Germany the communists took away and tortured and often murdered. It certainly didn't matter in
by ataturk 8y ago
It doesn't matter. It didn't matter for all the people in East Germany the communists took away and tortured and often murdered. It certainly didn't matter in the Soviet Union, either. Your silence and self-censorship won't matter in the end. The Soviets often just targeted random people because it chilled dissent overall.
Silent or not, party member or not, you will be dragged from your home in the night and never seen again. This is the reality of what it was like.
So you might as well be brave and speak out against it because that's the only actual defense you have.
- hilbert42 8y ago> Your silence and self-censorship won't matter in the end. <...> > Your silence and self-censorship won't matter in the end. Very true, but you cannot reasonably accuse me of that (read my posts carefully)! Few are as vocal and critical as I am about the subject. In my original post I was suggesting that on SOME politically sensitive topics that it's stupid to fully speak one's mind about even though one can still do so; that is if one's views are well against the established orthodoxy. I don't have to spell out what those topics are, as everyone except those with room-temperature IQs are well aware of them. This is not the case here about privacy and data theft by Google et al. I'm glad to say they're not off limits with governments yet (I hope not anyway—or I'm in big trouble). ;-)