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[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 52 points 2 days ago (4 children)

What even is "Political Pre-Crime"??

[–] wizbiz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 22 hours ago
[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 64 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think I read about it in a book once, where it was called "wrongthink".

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is starting to sound double plus un good.

See that's not how you spell it in "wrongthink"

It's ++nogood

Because no is really un, they are pronounced identically and you didn't know that because you aren't as cool as Prez

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 days ago

Pretty sure the term was invented in Minority Report as a legal gray area where it's in many way immoral to prevent crime by arresting people before they commit anything. It's literally a real life example of the Torment Nexus meme.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It's an excuse to violently subjugate opposition.