{"type":"Create","id":"https://mastodon.social/users/nicholas_saunders/statuses/112608248702323319/activity","actor":"https://mastodon.social/users/nicholas_saunders","published":"2024-06-13T07:58:33Z","to":["https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"],"cc":["https://mastodon.social/users/nicholas_saunders/followers","https://mastodon.social/users/SteveThompson"],"directMessage":false,"object":{"type":"Note","id":"https://mastodon.social/users/nicholas_saunders/statuses/112608248702323319","actor":"https://mastodon.social/users/nicholas_saunders","to":["https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"],"cc":["https://mastodon.social/users/nicholas_saunders/followers","https://mastodon.social/users/SteveThompson"],"inReplyTo":["https://mastodon.social/users/SteveThompson/statuses/112608215378008314"],"content":"<p><span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@SteveThompson\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>SteveThompson</span></a></span> It&#39;s quite Orwellian.  Frank Herbert wrote Dune, arguably, much as an allegory for the dynamics at play.  His terminology was &quot;hydraulic despotism&quot; although, obviously, the details don&#39;t entirely match up.</p><p>I cannot directly relate, but it&#39;s certainly horrible.  Those who visibly resist, as is documented, are often simply killed.</p>","contentMap":{"en":"<p><span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@SteveThompson\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>SteveThompson</span></a></span> It&#39;s quite Orwellian.  Frank Herbert wrote Dune, arguably, much as an allegory for the dynamics at play.  His terminology was &quot;hydraulic despotism&quot; although, obviously, the details don&#39;t entirely match up.</p><p>I cannot directly relate, but it&#39;s certainly horrible.  Those who visibly resist, as is documented, are often simply killed.</p>"},"sensitive":false,"published":"2024-06-13T07:58:33Z","tags":[{"type":"Mention","href":"https://mastodon.social/users/SteveThompson","name":"@@SteveThompson"}],"url":["https://mastodon.social/@nicholas_saunders/112608248702323319"]}}