Viral Thought

"You can break a man's skull. You can arrest him. You can throw him into a dungeon. But how do you control what's up here? How do you control an idea?"
--Sextus (Ben-Hur)

It has been this way since the beginning of civilized man. Authoritarians must engage in thought control, lest their subjects learn just how deranged the authoritarian arrangement is.

Propaganda, censoring, social isolation, jail and death threats. We're seeing it all live, played out before our very eyes.

The thing is, no matter how extreme the measures go, free thought and expression continue to plague the authoritarians.

Like a virus.