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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It was the dramatization that did it though. That and John Walsh testifying to Congress with way off base figures about the dangers to children. The moral panic was media driven for ratings.