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Any librarian worth their salt would find a secret way to get that kid his book
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Just buy a tesla and a smartphone. Those are the spy machines described in the book. The difference is that the 1984 government had to hide that stuff in your house and now, people even pay for them.
The 1984 government did not hide that stuff in your hozse. The telescreens are the centerpiece of any appartements. The difference is that in the book, everybody knows they are supervised and fear the supervisors, while today, nobody cares.
Honestly don't do anything you wouldn't want a fascism regime knowing about on any PC running Windows or MacOS or any smart phone.
On that note, what Linux distro are best for privacy?
At this point, any of them.
Strictly speaking, fully loaded Kali Linux (or an equivalent build) so you can learn to do subversive things against adversarial networks.
But really, if you just want an operating system under your control, every version of Linux will do that for you.
But Hannah Montana Linux will do it for you with the most style.
On that note, what Linux distro are best for privacy?
Funnily enough, GrapheneOS Android.
All popular general purpose Linux Desktop distros suck in terms of privacy and security out of the box. It is possible to configure stuff like SELinux but that is very far above what even a competent Linux user is able to do properly.
Tails and QubesOS are amazing in terms of security and privacy, but their lack of general usability means very few people are going to use them day to day. For most users, they are impractical.
GrapheneOS has a mix of security, privacy and usability that makes it attractive choice for anyone somewhat competent with technology and caring for privacy.
Admittedly I'm not keeping up on this, so maybe outdated but it used to be Tails.
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Depends on your opsec scope and use case. It also depends on the software you are running ontop like your browser or other services that probably have even more data on you.
Is 1984 banned? That was mandatory reading...
It and Fahrenheit 451 are, ironically, among some of the most banned books in the US.
1984, Fahrenheit 451, To kill a mockingbird and several others were among the banned books in my school.
Ironically tho, Mein Kampf was still sitting proudly on the shelf. Of a middle school library...
It was banned in both the Soviet Union and the US.
In the Soviet Union it was banned for being anti-communist.
In the US it was banned for being communist.
Orwell was trolling before it even existed lmao
Nah he was just anti-authoritarian and both the US and USSR governments saw themselves reflected in the text
lmao, yeah thats why i love his books.
its crazy to me how people will read it and not realize the main point was anti authoritarianism/totalitarianism, and think it was about socialism despite orwell himself being a democratic socialist. Most be up in the list of most misinterpreted writers
As others have told you, yes. And the worst part is the justification is usually because Winston and Julia have sex. And it's not titillating. Orwell was not exactly writing erotica.
yes they are literally banned at most schools in my state. Along with books that have LGBT charicters in them
Yes, and I'm glad that it is.
record skip, everyone stares at HawlSera awkwardly, guns are cocked and pointed at her
Because when you tell a people that a piece of media is too evil and vile to ever be looked at, that only makes them wanna read it more. I guruan-fucking-tee more people have read 1984 now that they're not allowed to!
Points for self awareness, and for Streisand effect.
It's never about the kids
Some really do think it is. And I feel sorry for them. My ex-wife's mother was one that put her in one of those teenage camps. Convinced they were what could help her by the church and her friends. But she's just not smart. Very gullible. I really don't think she would have had she known. The zeitgeist of the times were not as abundant as it is now.
Literally 1984
On Elon Musk's X, animal abuse is the safe content.
Killing small animals? So like Barron Trump is alleged to have done:
Holy shit, how was this not bigger news? I like to think I keep up with things but this is the first time I have read any of this.
how old is he now? Is it finally ok to set upon little Baron?
This, I find it weird that I keep getting people saying "YOU CAN'T MOCK BARRON HE'S JUST A CHILD!"
He was a child 8 years ago, people age.
(I will admit, even I forget this from time to time... Like when I saw Ant MAn 3 and was like "Wait, why's the cute little girl who basically sold these movies by being best character now a generic angsty teen.... oh... right... live action, the actress aged... and there's been a time skip.. and a tonal shift... right"
Was born March 20th, 2006. He'll be 19 in a couple months.
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He looks so sad about not getting the book lmao
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