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What recent news story does this quote from the book 1984 remind you of?

"...to wear an improper expression on your face... was itself a punishable offence. There was even a word for it in newspeak: facecrime.

Posted - January 22, 2019
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  • 5354
    Alas, we are nowhere near advanced enough for that. closest I can think of is "Faux News" or maybe "Department of Defence" or "Shock and Awe" as an Army motto ('awe' is for things that are impressive, not deadly).
      January 23, 2019 1:02 AM MST
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  • 44600
    The Chinese are profiling the faces of every citizen so they can identify those that exhibit poor public behavior.
      January 23, 2019 7:12 AM MST
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  • 46117
    There is no reason to ever worry about such nonsense when we have a world Leader telling the globe all of our military secrets and announcing to the world how innocent Russia is.

    Where is the face speak when the President is so stupid he cannot keep his own mouth shut to save his soul or America's.


      January 23, 2019 7:16 AM MST
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  • 5354
    But now the poor president will have to try and live up to those shining examples. What was the numbers again,  https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/documenting-numbers-of-victims-of-the-holocaust-and-nazi-persecution
      January 25, 2019 2:23 AM MST
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  • 6098
    Those poor people in the "Church" of Scientology. 
      January 23, 2019 7:34 AM MST
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  • 34239
      February 9, 2019 11:45 AM MST
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