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GDPR is simply a response to abusive behavior. May not be the best response, but it was about time. Then, it is surprising to me that Americans are against a n
by partycoder 8y ago
GDPR is simply a response to abusive behavior. May not be the best response, but it was about time.
Then, it is surprising to me that Americans are against a national id card, but are not OK with a privacy protection law.
- thisone 8y agoI believe it's because, in general, Americans distrust government and trust corporations
- cabaalis 8y agoGiving someone money or trust in exchange for a service or good is a straightforward relationship that implies various social contracts. Americans' relationship with government is far more adversarial.
- taysic 8y agoIt's not about trusting corporations, but rather trusting in the benefit of the free market which offers more choices than a government which generally limits choices. A well intentioned government but still with too many unintended consequences
- partycoder 8y agoSounds like a good idea until corporations influence government.
- casefields 8y agoWe distrust both but only one has a monopoly on violence that can be pointed in our direction at any time.
- throwawayxbz 8y agoI guess we’re just kind of ignoring things like credit bureaus, who sell finacial data about you whether you like it or not, and god help you if you miss a payment. But hey, even if you dont screw up, maybe something gets reported wrong, or maybe you just don’t spend like the algorithm wants you to, and your credit, and thus your life, is ruined. I guess we’re also ignoring private health insurance companies and how they can just kind of, you know, deny you for any reason. But it’s cool because your insurance is dependent on a benevolent private company providing you employment. See where I’m going with this? The Ayn Rand “government is violence” nonsense needs to stop. It’s not corporations vs. government, it’s powerful institutions vs. we, the plebes.
- partycoder 8y agoThere's also economic/financial violence.
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- Bizarro 8y agoGovernment can come in your house in the middle of the night, guns drawn, and take you away. Corporations can't.
- partycoder 8y agoTell that to people at Standing Rock.
- ionised 8y agoNo, corporations just pay the government to do it on their behalf.
- anfogoat 8y agoBut I'm not railing against _a_ privacy protection law, I'm railing against the GDPR. Fundamentally, for the simple reason that I want the freedom to with my data as I please, regardless of whether or not the service I want to use is meeting EU dictated goalposts or not. (I'm European, though not in spirit apparently.)