"Making the central objection to a Ministry of truth the singing witch cartoon character tapped to lead it was too easy, not enough emphasis was made highlighting how repulsive the endeavor was as a result. It was too easy, too personalized. Which allowed for repackaging without as much pushback by opponents."
Far smarter to outsource the job to Big Tech, which has the added bonus of being a private business, and therefore insulated from pesky FOIA suits and unwanted election results.
If we want to be honest about it, they've been doing it the whole time. Internally as standard operating government procedure. And externally through public-private partnerships, since long before Twitter Files evidence was revealed, long before Covid, long before 9-11. Movies like "Enemy of the State' weren't fictional sci-fi predictions, they were revelations of current practices at the time.
There was actually a bit of truth in the government telling what their rationale was in creating its Ministry of Truth - they said they were trying to increase transparency in the programs. Not that they were beginning them. Our collective voice rejecting the Ministry just told them we don't want to explicitly know what they're doing; we'd rather not know. They didn't stop what they already had been doing for decades as a result of us saying we didn't want the Ministry to be formally recognized. Just repackaged it.
"Making the central objection to a Ministry of truth the singing witch cartoon character tapped to lead it was too easy, not enough emphasis was made highlighting how repulsive the endeavor was as a result. It was too easy, too personalized. Which allowed for repackaging without as much pushback by opponents."
Far smarter to outsource the job to Big Tech, which has the added bonus of being a private business, and therefore insulated from pesky FOIA suits and unwanted election results.
Private-public partnerships seem inevitably to become fascism.
Interesting thought.
If we want to be honest about it, they've been doing it the whole time. Internally as standard operating government procedure. And externally through public-private partnerships, since long before Twitter Files evidence was revealed, long before Covid, long before 9-11. Movies like "Enemy of the State' weren't fictional sci-fi predictions, they were revelations of current practices at the time.
There was actually a bit of truth in the government telling what their rationale was in creating its Ministry of Truth - they said they were trying to increase transparency in the programs. Not that they were beginning them. Our collective voice rejecting the Ministry just told them we don't want to explicitly know what they're doing; we'd rather not know. They didn't stop what they already had been doing for decades as a result of us saying we didn't want the Ministry to be formally recognized. Just repackaged it.
Seriously, an open Ministry of Truth would be better than the secret one they pretend doesn't exist, over which we have no control at all.