Orwell's '1984' leaps to top of Amazon bestseller list

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[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Jan 2017, when Trump became Emperor.

[–]AbeFroman 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

You're telling me dcjogger is posting nearly 3 year old articles in News? Crazy!

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Does s/he do this a lot?

I just notices 4 today/yesterday from 2017

[–]AbeFroman 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yeah. Rumor is that it's a bot. Most of the comments that it makes on other people's posts seem to be off topic and are just cut/paste rants.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That I noticed.

It's funny that people interact with it.

I wonder, have /u/magnora7 and /u/d3rr considered looking at the traffic patterns of dcjogger's IP address? Maybe this "jogging" through SaidIt traffic is masking their archiving of the site?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

We know it's a bot but some of it is decent. Someone could petition to ban them.

They can archive away for all I care.

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

I wasn't calling for action so much as study.

It is inevitable that more bots will come and that they will get more advanced.

Learning about them may help somehow one day, if only for a little while.

[–]dcjogger[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This feels like Obama's 3rd term.

Americans scream that the US collapse is fake news and insist that the USA is a moral, free, and peaceful country with a balanced budget.

Has Trump arrested Clinton, freed Assange, opposed aid to Israel, arm sales to Saudi Arabia, trade wars, nationalizing industries, bailouts, subsidies, sanctions, debt, abortion, homosexuality, ending minimum wages, opening concentration camps, banning free speech, religious bans, and airline seat regulations?

Has Trump arrested the bankers, drained the swamp, decreased taxes, kicked out the illegal aliens, ended the Fed, ended the wars, ended welfare, ended Obamacare, and restored the Constitution?

Do you really think that security cameras, license plate readers, checkpoints, redlight cameras, speed cameras, FBI facial and voice recognition, curfews, gun bans, NSA wiretapping, the end to the right to silence, warrantless searches, private prisons, mandatory minimums, 3 strikes laws, DNA databases, CISPA, SOPA, IMBRA, private prison quotas, no knock raids, take down notices, no fly lists, terror watch lists, Constitution free zones, stop and frisk, 3 strikes laws, kill switches, National Security Letters, DNA databases, kill lists, FBAR, FATCA, Operation Chokepoint, civil forfeiture, CIA torture, NDAA indefinite detention, secret FISA courts, FEMA camps, laws requiring passports for domestic travel, IRS laws denying passports for tax debts, gun and ammo stockpiles, laws outlawing protesting, police militarization, and Jade Helm don't exist?

Do you honestly believe that TSA groping doesn't happen?

Americans have no critical thinking skills, no knowledge about history, no personal responsibility, no ability to understand unintended consequences, and cannot see hypocrisy so all Americans can do is deny that the USA is collapsing, blame others, say Americans are just victims and nothing is their fault, and vehemently attack anyone who criticizes their beloved government overlords.

You get the feeling that a US president who hates the Bill of Rights and loves debt and war is a traitor.

You can't help thinking Americans who believe that the US isn't decaying are deluded and mentally ill.

The USA is collapsing into mass insanity.

How can Americans look in a mirror today without feeling complete disgust and shame or sleep at night?

The US feels like it is committing suicide.

https://boards.420chan.org/n/

[–]Valok 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Now the question is; will they see it as some sort of possible warning? Or as an instructions manual?

[–]dcjogger[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When Americans get sent to the concentration camps, will the Gestapo listen to their consciences or to the captains who sign their paychecks?

[–]dcjogger[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The US is a police state, but nothing will change because Americans think everything is just fine.

[–]dcjogger[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There is not too much freedom. There is too much tyranny.