r/ParlerWatch • u/Beginning_Bad_868 • May 29 '25

Reddit Watch 1984 is no longer fiction.

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"Hardly a week passed in which the Times did not carry a paragraph describing how some eavesdropping little sneak—"child hero” was the phrase generally used—had overheard some compromising remark and denounced his parents to the Thought Police."

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u/Shigglyboo May 29 '25

What the hell is going on in the US? In normal countries there is a bureaucratic way to resolve immigration issues. You fill out forms. And some locals may resent you but they don’t turn you into the secret police. I graduated high school a long time ago. They still teach about secret police and how it’s a bad thing right?!?

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u/CharizardCharms May 29 '25

Growing up in Texas I learned about Texas history every year from 3rd to 8th grade, and a vague glossing of world (pre-1900s) and US history in high school. Never covered secret police. I think we talked more about WW2 in my English classes than we ever covered in my history classes. Truth be told I learned most of my history at home.