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[–]zyxzevn 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

So they are not allowing people to talk about the wide corruption in the political system.
Looks like they are protecting themselves.

[–]ah2020 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Financial penalties for those who question corruption or incompetence. Recharacterize said corruption or incompetence as "conspiracies".

[–]Akali 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Ahh, the good old ministry of truth.

[–]RightousBob 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Don't forget to participate in your daily Two-Minutes of Rage when the Ingsoc channel dictates you do so!

[–]No_ 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

But only the wrong conspiracies.

Men can be women: yes Its not unfair to women to let men play on their teams: yes

Women dont like being sex objects: no, cant talk about that.

[–]whistlepig 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

conspiracy n. An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act. n. A group of conspirators. n. An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action. More at Wordnik from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

Something being "controversial" does not inherently make it a "conspiracy".