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		x86_64Ubuntu on Nov 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Beirut Port Explosion Why the hyperbole? "Big Brother" can disappear you into the night, never to be seen again till someone unearths a mass grave many decades later. Social media has no such power.

cratermoon on Nov 19, 2020 | [–]

stochastic terrorism would enters the chat

x86_64Ubuntu on Nov 20, 2020 | | [–]

Stochastic terrorism still isn't Big Brother.

rootsudo on Nov 19, 2020 | [–]

You think so? Get the right campaign, the right urgency, and you can embolden people to do anything you want because they think it is right.

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