Displaying items by tag: totalitarianism
Learning History 101 (Or, the Education of Ms Claire Lehmann)
The Covid Class gets furious when freedom fighters like George Christensen and others with spine and morals compare Covid totalitarianism with Nazi Germany and similar "papers please" regimes. One recent example of the vitriol in print occurred in The Australian. The journalist involved displayed all the typical attributes of someone without a leg to stand on.
The Year That Was
2020 was the very worst of times. A year not to savour but to regret. What was thought inconceivable a mere twelve months ago is now real. It can never be inconceivable again. Barring a miracle or concerted political action by those who resent our loss of freedom, a dystopian future surely awaits us all.
The Digital Enablement of Totalitarianism
2020 has seen the perfect storm of digitally powered, state driven totalitarianism. Benign, progressive, problem solving, utopian Big Tech has nudged us all towards an Orwellian dystopia of social control.
