Charles Johnson: Relatively boring until they stage executions in the town square. Stops being boring then.

Relatively boring until they stage executions in the town square. Stops being boring then.

Living under authoritarian regimes is both relatively boring and normal AND incredibly corrosive to the human soul. These things can absolutely co-exist. This is why everyone needs to resist authoritarians, even people who privately assume they’ll be just fine.

That’s the main thing. It’s boring until it all of a sudden isn’t, and being unable to predict the “isn’t” drives people nuts over time.

With the inevitable "see it's not so bad" takes along the way

Basically how I've heard military service described

Faine has another repost where she likens it to being in a war: long stretches of tedium and nothingness, punctuated by periods of terror & horror.

*they/them, but yes it’s basically that

Fuck, sorry.

Honestly came in here to repeat that description.

Boring as long as you stay in your lane and wear blinders.

yes, exactly

Usually nowadays they make even the murders boring by having people just disappear.

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