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by djschnei 3633 days ago
I am painfully aware of what totalitarianism is... Should I not talk about it and warn against it until it's undeniably here? Sometimes it is very hard to figure where you would draw the line on political influence.
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Telling a car manufacturer to design a vehicle that doesn't kill it's occupants ishardly totalitarianism. Calling it such does a disservice do everyone by conflating helpful laws with actually totalitarian things the government does.
>I am painfully aware of what totalitarianism is... Should I not talk about it and warn against it until it's undeniably here?

No, you should just avoid the slippery slope fallacy.

BUCKLE YOUR STALINBELTS. TAXES ARE THEFT. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, UNDERSTANDING IS IGNORANCE, ETC.