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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh no. Everyone knows The Party fears a revolt of academics and intellectuals more than anything. My man, they're always the first ones to go.

"You can judge the degree of civilization by looking at who is imprisoned" / Dostojevskij

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Who's talking about imprisonment? I'm talking about another writer's strike, leaving publishers with nothing to publish for months or years. With their margins already razor-thin, they have to know that they'd just be done if they tried any funny business.