Past as prelude. Americans and Brits living in their respective surveillance societies would do well to learn from the East Germans, whose Stasi were a precursor to today's social media thought police. The deplatformings and ritual denouncings of today are the modern equivalent of the Zersetzung. by Chipit in censorship

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Americans think that they can just turn in their firearms when the mandatory gun confiscation starts and then sue to get them back, but what if the guns will be destroyed and the gun ban will be permanent?

Elon Musk's Neuralink: Monkey with a brain-chip playing Videogame by Crazytech in technology

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If we get vaccinated from mosquitoes then how do we get vaccine passports?

Labour Haven't Won A General Election for a Generation. On this day in 2005 – 16 years ago – the Labour Party last won a general election when Tony Blair beat Michael Howard. They have not won a general election since… by Chipit in WorldNews

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Americans say tyranny is wonderful because the US has always been a police state, but what if the USA used to have freedom and lost it?

Even if the US never had freedom, does that mean liberty is bad? Did the USA have curfews, NSA wiretapping, checkpoints, forfeiture, the end to the right to silence, free speech bans, torture, kill lists, no fly lists, searches without warrants, private prisons, mandatory minimums, 3 strikes laws, DNA databases, CISPA, SOPA, NDAA, IMBRA, FBAR, FATCA, TSA groping, secret FISA courts, redlight cameras, license plate readers, and Jade Helm in 1980?

Did Americans have gun bans, business licenses, Social Security numbers, sales, income, or property taxes in 1890?

Were drugs, alcohol, smoking, gambling, and prostitution illegal in 1880?