"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist."

- Hannah Arendt, Origins of Totalitarianism Philosophy, 1951

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curious as to how this is applicable in this current climate to you if you have interest in answering

cos to me, it is landing a little like: the tiger escaped the enclosure & the advice is: well, it wouldve been better if the tiger didnt. like oh ok. but it did.

i lament the printing press too, for what it's worth