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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] UncleJosh 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Why did so many of them read 1984 like a manual and not warning?

[–] SGG 3 points 6 hours ago
[–] cultsuperstar 5 points 14 hours ago

Why has the entire staff of the WaPo not walked out? With this, it's solidifying itself as a right wing publication.

[–] cultsuperstar 2 points 14 hours ago

"You are free to say what you want and express your opinion. Just not publicly or privately, or thinking it to yourself."

[–] [email protected] 124 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Man who censored editorials claims to support free speech.

[–] Arbiter 52 points 1 day ago

You’re free to say anything you want so long as you don’t want to say something against the ruling class.

[–] themeatbridge 66 points 1 day ago

Irony so dense it throws off navigational equipment.

[–] graycube 59 points 1 day ago

Nothing says free speech better than banning certain topics.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Democracy dies in dumbness

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Democracy and Capitalism cannot coexist equally. Capital will always win.

[–] ChonkyOwlbear 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Free speech as long as you say what I want you to say.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

"Free speech" = fascist speech. "Free markets" = monopolistic megacorporations.

[–] DougHolland 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Has the Post — or any American newspaper — ever published an editorial against "personal liberties and free markets"?

So the WAPO goes full libertarian. It's just a further enshittification of a newspaper that was once pretty good ... but that was a long, long time ago.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago
[–] roofuskit 9 points 1 day ago

No-one has ever explained hypocrisy to this man.

[–] wizblizz 13 points 1 day ago

The free markets owned by the rich?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

The piggies are getting scared

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago
[–] AidsKitty 4 points 1 day ago

Love that pic. Say hello to the new oligarchy, same as the old oligarchy.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek 1 points 1 day ago

Zuckerberg looks like someone just farted in his USB regarding slot.