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		zentiggr on July 31, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Australia to make Facebook, Google pay for news Neal Stephenson - "Snow Crash". Even the U.S. Government is reduced to a "franchulate".

Cakez0r on Aug 1, 2020 [–]

If the police are defunded, I'd bet that private security companies would fill the void and we'd be well on our way to "Stephensonion" being the next "Orwellian"!

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