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from the you're-not-anti-establishment-if-you're-pro-authoritarian dept

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek 9 points 1 week ago

they have inverted The Matrix’s central message, twisting the language of liberation into a tool for submission.

This short, beautiful phrase sums it up perfectly.

It's just one in a long line of concepts that they have hijacked (No Labels, the Tea Party, Libertarianism, etc.).