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Q: What does it speak of a society where you can’t be openly critical or critique someone because you are worried about being damned by the powers that be later?
A: Needless to say you have perceived the feeling which was articulated in the question. The answer could be both “Yes” and “No” depending on who has what kind of episodic evidence to defend it. Hence I am, in general, against any generalisation. For example, the very fact you have asked me this question, and I am not against it, is a proof of not-so-dystopian state of affairs.
In fact, there has been evidence of such intolerance, if you may, from antiquity. You must have read Animal Farm by George Orwell in 1945. Even today, you would find similarities, all over the world, of this satirical/ allegorical novella. So, your perception is nothing new. We experienced it during the Emergency in 1975.
It is a fact that rage, anger, intolerance have gone up in society all over the world, albeit at different degrees. They may be unexpected in a democratic society but the very fact that we can discuss this is a sign of its vibrancy in our country. You may have many evidences to support your observation but, trust me, that in a ubiquitous digital environment that we live in, many alternative opinions are continuously communicated through the social media, which can torment both the perpetrator and the perpetrated. So, no worries.
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