The thought thing kind of reminds me of a villain from my stories, the DRA (Darke Reach Alliance) and their form of authoritarianism and how they govern. This is not good.
The DRA actively outlaw forms of thought the Supreme Dictator, OMNI, disapproves of (though in a somewhat amusing turn, when some fascists led by Not!Richard Spencer move to the DRA, they get executed for "harboring racist thoughts - in the DRA, all men are equally grasped by the sovereign's iron fist").