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Why We Love Our Oppressors?

Imagine, for a moment, the future. What do you see? A boot stamping on a human face, forever, as Orwell warned? Grey uniforms, surveillance cameras, silenced dissent, and forbidden books? Most of us, when we picture a dystopia, default to this bleak, authoritarian vision.

But what if the chains weren’t made of steel, but of laughter? What if the oppressors weren’t jack-booted thugs, but friendly entertainers, endlessly providing what we desire? What if our deepest fears weren’t realized by what we hate, but by what we love?

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