Numerous people in various media fields have told me this is the most oppressive political environment they have ever experienced. If they say anything that even deviates ever-so-marginally from consensus opinion, their livelihoods will be destroyed. And they are probably right
And it's not just the media, by the way. Also other professional fields that ostensibly have nothing to do with politics. People are totally stifled. It's astounding
Because this is fundamentally a religious movement, there is a strong drive to cast out heretics -- or at the very least, force all sinners to publicly repent. That's what is happening
