mozz@mbin.grits.dev to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoSomeone got Gab's AI chatbot to show its instructionsmbin.grits.devexternal-linkmessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squaremozz@mbin.grits.devOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up73·1 year agoOrwell called this “doublethink” and identified it, correctly, as one of the most vital features of a certain type of political structure.
minus-squareDdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoHe was inspired by Stalinist practices, but as shown by this example and many others, far-left and far-right autocrats are very similar in this regard.
minus-squareanlumo@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s not related to the left/right divide, this is the authoritarian/liberal axis.
Orwell called this “doublethink” and identified it, correctly, as one of the most vital features of a certain type of political structure.
He was inspired by Stalinist practices, but as shown by this example and many others, far-left and far-right autocrats are very similar in this regard.
Authority is authority.
It’s not related to the left/right divide, this is the authoritarian/liberal axis.