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> There are a lot of comments saying that the blackout should spare non-US countries as it does not affect us. For those who feel this way, please read holmeswo
by rospaya 15y ago
> There are a lot of comments saying that the blackout should spare non-US countries as it does not affect us. For those who feel this way, please read holmesworcesters comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3235431 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3235431
But there's nothing we (non-US citizens) can do about it. Any noise we make means nothing to US politicians who are accountable only to the American people, and sometimes it looks not even to them.
Don't make the rest of us suffer for bad choices made by US voters.
- mduerksen 15y agoEndure one single day of blacked-out Wikipedia and Google, and gain significantly better negotiation positions when it comes to our own law-making processes. To me, that's a small sacrifice that can be really rewarding.