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Wokepedia 21 points ago +21 / -0

It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children. And with good reason, for hardly a week passed in which 'The Times' did not carry a paragraph describing how some eavesdropping little sneak — 'child hero' was the phrase generally used — had overheard some compromising remark and denounced its parents to the Thought Police.

1984 -- George Orwell

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chinesevirus 9 points ago +9 / -0

Immediately what came to mind. It's unfortunate that citing 1984 is so cliche these days but with every passing day it somehow becomes even more relevant and prophetic.