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   Alexander Karn (xankarn@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 03:50:34 JST Alexander Karn

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   "Because the regime is captive to its own lies, it must falsify everything. It falsifies the past. it falsifies the present, and it falsifies the future. It falsifies statistics. It pretends not to possess an omnipotent and unprincipled police apparatus. It pretends to respect human rights. It pretends to persecute no one. It pretends to fear nothing. It pretends to pretend nothing."

   --V. Havel (1978)

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     Alexander Karn (xankarn@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 03:50:34 JST Alexander Karn

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     "To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights."

     --T. Snyder (2017)

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     Alexander Karn (xankarn@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 03:50:35 JST Alexander Karn

     Vaclav Havel, “The Power of the Powerless”

     Honestly, everyone should read it.

     https://hac.bard.edu/amor-mundi/the-power-of-the-powerless-vaclav-havel-2011-12-23

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