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Hope is not a strategy. AFAICT, both parties basically support stronger state control and more surveillance. It will be interesting to see how EU/China/Russia/
by golem14 6y ago
Hope is not a strategy. AFAICT, both parties basically support stronger state control and more surveillance.
It will be interesting to see how EU/China/Russia/USA spheres of influence will develop. With the pandemic, a lot of "unthinkable" things have happened (travel prohibition from US to EU etc), so I think the various factions are emboldened to double down on
- keeping their data in their sphere
- improve surveillance of own citizenry
* China of course has been pretty much on this track for years.
* EU is using privacy as the good cause to sell this
* US is now doing the same with national security as excuse.
I don't see the big picture changing just because the president and administration change (if they do).