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this is sad but so true...Now they asking neighbors to shame others
people have become nothing but subjects for government
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posted at 3:21 pm on July 16, 2014 by Noah Rothman
We are fast becoming a nation of Pavlik Morozovs.
Little Pavlik, you may recall, was the 13-year-old subject of a dubious Soviet story about how a young boys loyalty to the state trumped his love for his parents. Pavlik was supposedly witness to his father, the chair of his local Soviet, giving aid to enemies of the people. The boy turned his own father in to Stalinist authorities, the story went. Enraged by the betrayal, Pavlik was killed by his own family and was posthumously dubbed a martyr for socialist values.
Though the tale was later proven to have been wildly exaggerated, Morozovs actions were hailed by Soviet authorities for 59 years.
Loyalty to the collective over ones neighbors and even ones family has always been a socialist ideal, but it was never an especially American one. Ruggedly individualist, Americans have traditionally been uncomfortable with the notion that the authorities in some distant capital have their best interests at heart. Certainly not more so than do ones neighbors.
While it remains hyperbolic to suggest the United States is fully embracing a Stasi-like culture of denunciation, the times are changing.
California is in the midst of a historic drought this year, one which is forcing authorities to institute particularly strict restrictions on water usage in arid parts of the state. As an enforcement mechanism, some California municipalities are encouraging their residents to become professional snitches.
Some towns are even encouraging drought-shaming, asking residents to rat out their neighbors breaking the new water conservation laws, NBCs Andrea Mitchell reported approvingly on Wednesday. She noted that this encouragement from authorities is resulting in a flood of incriminating photos posted online featuring local residents violating the dictates of the state.
all of it here
Snitch nation « Hot Air
people have become nothing but subjects for government
SNIP:
posted at 3:21 pm on July 16, 2014 by Noah Rothman
We are fast becoming a nation of Pavlik Morozovs.
Little Pavlik, you may recall, was the 13-year-old subject of a dubious Soviet story about how a young boys loyalty to the state trumped his love for his parents. Pavlik was supposedly witness to his father, the chair of his local Soviet, giving aid to enemies of the people. The boy turned his own father in to Stalinist authorities, the story went. Enraged by the betrayal, Pavlik was killed by his own family and was posthumously dubbed a martyr for socialist values.
Though the tale was later proven to have been wildly exaggerated, Morozovs actions were hailed by Soviet authorities for 59 years.
Loyalty to the collective over ones neighbors and even ones family has always been a socialist ideal, but it was never an especially American one. Ruggedly individualist, Americans have traditionally been uncomfortable with the notion that the authorities in some distant capital have their best interests at heart. Certainly not more so than do ones neighbors.
While it remains hyperbolic to suggest the United States is fully embracing a Stasi-like culture of denunciation, the times are changing.
California is in the midst of a historic drought this year, one which is forcing authorities to institute particularly strict restrictions on water usage in arid parts of the state. As an enforcement mechanism, some California municipalities are encouraging their residents to become professional snitches.
Some towns are even encouraging drought-shaming, asking residents to rat out their neighbors breaking the new water conservation laws, NBCs Andrea Mitchell reported approvingly on Wednesday. She noted that this encouragement from authorities is resulting in a flood of incriminating photos posted online featuring local residents violating the dictates of the state.
all of it here
Snitch nation « Hot Air
