Think and Let Think
Thought policing is a learned behavior. It's a direct consequence of our collective co-dependent relationship with power. We're expected to act in defense of power and the status quo by coercing conformity in others.
Today we see thought policing turning into breath policing. Are your exhalations properly filtered? If your nostrils are bared, you can expect a breath-cop, a mask-Karen, or other fascist to violate social distancing recommendations in order to correct you.
Classic dysfunctional relationships are characterized by an imbalance of power. The more powerful in the dynamic will have more access to the other. The other will have less relative privacy to the extent they cede power, the ultimate state of powerlessness being the prisoner who has no privacy at all. The most imprisoned are those strapped into interrogation cells awaiting the inquisitor, who has access to the means to extract their innermost thoughts.
Private property is the apparent target of the powers that be but their true objective is total access to your private thoughts and ultimately your soul. In Orwell’s 1984, committing to private time or solitude was considered treason against Big Brother.
