If people haven't read 1984 recently they should give it another go.
> But always — do not forget this, Winston — always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless.
This appears to describe behaviour of a small[1] number of border guards and customs agents seen in a number of recent HN threads.
> If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.
At least Big Brother worked. I don't know what's worse about the jokey incompetence of the blog post: the fact that it hopelessly missed the mark for correct tone; or the thought that maybe they actually believed it; or that most people will just shrug their shoulders and think "meh, so what?" and do nothing more about it.
[1] for various values of small, possibly including "most of them".
> But always — do not forget this, Winston — always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless.
This appears to describe behaviour of a small[1] number of border guards and customs agents seen in a number of recent HN threads.
> If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.
At least Big Brother worked. I don't know what's worse about the jokey incompetence of the blog post: the fact that it hopelessly missed the mark for correct tone; or the thought that maybe they actually believed it; or that most people will just shrug their shoulders and think "meh, so what?" and do nothing more about it.
[1] for various values of small, possibly including "most of them".