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John · 1w
Being back in TR for me always means having a VPN ready. Its infuriating seeing Erdogan’s tentacles attacking more freedom each year. nostr:nevent1qqsxmkwjp5dewpupxpj0p0kxl924hwfy687kh0rjku6g2znyuhz...
Karadenizli profile picture
Turkey is completely cooked. The mere concept of civil liberties has completely been rooted out of the culture. 99% of the population genuinely has no desire whatsoever for any level of freedom for freedoms sake. You can make an argument to ban literally anything with the flimsiest argument and they would accept it if they themselves aren't impacted.

I've been called crazy because I suggested that bakers should be able to set their bread prices. In Turkey, bread has a maximum price (which is actually the default price because no one sells below it). When they inflated the currency, they decreased the standard loaf size instead of increasing the price and it became a political controversy because they see the government directly shrinkflating. The crazy part is, not one thought by anyone about why is the government setting the price of bread.

This country is completely cooked. There is no political cost whatever to authoritarianism. The slogan of every grassroots political movement is "why isn't the government doing anything about ___". The last election, every opposition candidate talks about the new agencies they will create. There is not a single politician that uses government overreach as a criticism against the current regime. The country is every day becoming more and more of a totalitarian hellhole and everyone on every side is completely in favor of the trajectory.
Chris Krause · 3d
It's sad to see how few other people are willing to change anything. The situation you describe isn't as bad here, but I still vividly remember the disappointment I experienced during the government measures from 2020 to 2022.