Peter Gleick on Nostr: The Soviets had political commissars overseeing adherence to the communist state. The ...
The Soviets had political commissars overseeing adherence to the communist state. The Nazis had the Schutzstaffel (SS). The East Germans had the Stasi.
We've got Musk and his DOGE minders.
This isn't creeping authoritarianism. It's full blown fascism.
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