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SS: I remember on January 6th and 7th as media and big tech began censoring Trump how important and scary it felt and how quickly it went from Trump and Qanon to any unapproved opinion. As a 40 year old American the idea of people being censored for unapproved opinions was terrifying and something I never thought I would see here. I immediately signed up for every alternative social media service that promised not to censor free speech...

Now, 9 months later, I'm terrified of how this has become a normal part of life. All my favorite podcasters have to pick their words very carefully or be banned from YouTube, much of Reddit is no longer available to me (not a big loss there honestly) and everyone just seems to accept it as a normal part of life.

Less than a year and censorship has become the norm in America; the land of the free and home of the first amendment. In the light of everything else (mandates and passports) happening it feels inconsequential but I think we need to take a moment to recognize how fucked this is. In my opinion this system is too far gone to save. We need to start imagining ways to rebuild... this is not the country I want to leave to my young children.