Very alarming, yes.

We knew society was heading this way, from all the politically correct dictates that have been introduced over the recent decades.

It has been like watching a train wreck in slow motion, where all the NPCs have just said we were overreacting: 'it's just a new hate law to combat hate. The government will never use this to rewrite history.'

The slow nudging with increasing restrictions that reduces the window of free speech gradually. The process is treacherous: 'oh, but we already have censorship, why does it matter if we expand it a little?'

Thankfully we have physical books in private hands. We can't trust government-operated libraries to resist censorship.

Nostr may become absolutely necessary for honest and true communication. Most probably so.