The media decides who the villains or the heroes are arbitrarily and turn the machinery of the state against them.

We see this play out with conservative media creating a moral panic around LGBTQ people and states passing repressive laws.

We see this in tech with Apple getting a pass on China.

@carnage4life “Chinese citizens are having their phone backups turned over to the Ministry of State Security because Apple didn’t threaten the business model of The New York Times Co.” is another dystopian thread in our shard of reality.