From my piece on The Snitch State over the summer ... the purpose of snitch states is to make you so scared of being snitched on you don't dare to say, think, or do that which is forbidden. If people are scared and silent it's done its job even if no one is caught www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... - ThreadSky

adamserwer.bsky.social • 45 days ago

From my piece on The Snitch State over the summer ... the purpose of snitch states is to make you so scared of being snitched on you don't dare to say, think, or do that which is forbidden. If people are scared and silent it's done its job even if no one is caught https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/11/texas-red-state-surveillance-book-bans-abortion/679950/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8PNJNYKMNrLT_0aTGJmc4eA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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christiew.bsky.social•45 days ago

Snitches get stitches?

ekomovement.bsky.social•45 days ago

Hi Adam, trying to promote this today -- https://deitruth.org . We've just set it up as a portal for people to be able to flood the DEI snitch email address, anonymously.

snpiperpilot.bsky.social•45 days ago

Stasi part 2

seamswonky.bsky.social•45 days ago

"Snitches get stitches" isn't just a cute saying. It's a way of life.

If any of you work for red hats, you can learn how to become an ineffectual drag on the company. The CIA tells you how to become a toxic employee and grind shit to a halt.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/26184/26184-h/26184-h.htm

seamswonky.bsky.social•45 days ago

Stuff like this grinds productivity to a halt

I love "never fewer than 5 people for meetings". Fucking brilliant.

seamswonky.bsky.social•45 days ago

roman920.bsky.social•44 days ago

Thank you.

notsillylikesome.bsky.social•45 days ago

1984 is not the right wing utopia they think it is.

It is a nightmare.

For everybody.

Except for those at the very top

mbowen.bsky.social•45 days ago

I’m not in a place to make a ripple but I don’t give 2 f’s if I’m snitched on for being a good person & protecting other people’s rights & safety.

cminga.bsky.social•45 days ago

This is an essential part of right wing fundamentalist, cult, and evangelical culture. The constant snitch culture. Saving yourself by throwing your family, friends and coworkers under the bus.

esgarchitect.bsky.social•44 days ago

Watch “The Lives Of Others” this weekend. Then talk to someone you love about it. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/

moderndaybartleby.bsky.social•44 days ago

📌

ljall.bsky.social•43 days ago

I’m glad they wear red hats and golden tennis shoes.

skippyoz.bsky.social•45 days ago

The same tactics Hitler used.

Family's were separated & 'snitched' on other family members.

Convicted criminal trump has already separated family's.

hittielove2.bsky.social•45 days ago

The New McCarthyism.

lkp48.bsky.social•45 days ago

Just like Cuba.

smintheus.bsky.social•45 days ago

One way to contain the damage is for people to reiterate as often as possible that there must and will be aggressive retribution against all informers. No post hoc amnesty protecting informers. Let everyone know that they would need to flee for safety ultimately if they're gonna play that game now.

annabellelecter.bsky.social•44 days ago

It's so funny that Snoop Dog had a concert for the snitch state.

indyproducer.bsky.social•45 days ago

It’s coming

austinjhall.bsky.social•45 days ago

These were the same people who convinced us all that they were sincerely terrified of “cancel culture” just like five months ago

tomcairney.bsky.social•45 days ago

It’s their justification. This is what we get for not enjoying the work of sex pests after their behavior becomes public

dzaia40.bsky.social•45 days ago

The GOP is a Soviet one-party rule org.

Fox is the Propaganda Wing of the Party.

Maga is the Terror Wing.

Complicit elected and public officials are Collaborators.

Some are Infiltrators

Moms For Liberty are Informants

Musk Bots are Secret Police

'Faith Officers' are Political Officers 1/

dzaia40.bsky.social•45 days ago

And, now, public servants made to rat out fellow public servants ... Moles

ecppdx.bsky.social•45 days ago

Time to bring back Snitches Get Stitches.

sawdog.bsky.social•44 days ago

Tick.

It took Hitler 53 days to destroy Germany's constitutional democracy.

Day 5

immanentize.bsky.social•45 days ago

There is still a very strong culture cohort in the US that embraces the notion that "snitches get stitches."

Organized labor may be included in that group.

bibliophile696.bsky.social•44 days ago

SpaceX

gingerinaz.bsky.social•44 days ago

Accurate.

mhaberman00.bsky.social•45 days ago

Sooo, North Korea

gns1birdsong.bsky.social•45 days ago

This is how the Jim Crow South operated.

It’s not new- they are just mainstreaming it.

jonrademacher.bsky.social•45 days ago

In fact, bluesky isn't actually fully safe from them either. I post content about how Trump is trying to pass EOs that allow him to imprison people for slave labor or lethally inject them for resisting and I already know several Trump/Elon bots are indexing me.

https://bsky.app/profile/jonrademacher.bsky.social/post/3lgblnygdh22g

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