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You don’t fight “big tech” by giving “big brother” all your liberty…

mstipetic 4y ago
Nuance - a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.
typon 4y ago
The NSA is the biggest of Brothers in the world and supposedly the country keeps on innovating and big tech power is strongest here. How do you square that circle?
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olivermuty 4y ago
You clearly have no idea about how the european union works. It is a much lighter touch on society in general than the us is. We might not have as much gun freedom, but on pretty much every other scale I’d rate the EU higher than the US on «liberty». No one is banning books about gay people in my kids school for example. Either way curtailing big tech with regulation has nothing to do with big brother. They are regularing companies, not individuals.
- csmpltn 4y ago
  > "No one is banning books about gay people in my kids school for example." Check out some of the schools in Poland, or Hungary.
  - Drakim 4y ago
    This conversation is clearly talking about the good or bad that the EU does. Are those books banned because of the EU? Would they stop being banned if Poland or Hungary was not part of the EU?
    - olivermuty 4y ago
      If anything, what would unban those books is pressure by the EU.
    - DangitBobby 4y ago
      The US government similarly has nothing to do with states like Florida going off the deep end.
    - 8note 4y ago
      I think this is saying that all the good things in EU countries are the result of being in the EU, while none of the bad is?
- pjkundert 4y ago
  If you, personally, end up restricted from doing things you used to (pay for my software, for example) — you gave up liberty for security, and now have neither. I’m Canadian, by the way. We now can go to prison for wanting to call our children the name we gave them at birth.
- tough 4y ago
  You've liberty to be poor, die without healthcare, or get rekt in court by a megacorp with infinite lawyer money

Nuance - a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.

The NSA is the biggest of Brothers in the world and supposedly the country keeps on innovating and big tech power is strongest here. How do you square that circle?

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olivermuty 4y ago

You clearly have no idea about how the european union works. It is a much lighter touch on society in general than the us is. We might not have as much gun freedom, but on pretty much every other scale I’d rate the EU higher than the US on «liberty». No one is banning books about gay people in my kids school for example. Either way curtailing big tech with regulation has nothing to do with big brother. They are regularing companies, not individuals.

csmpltn 4y ago
> "No one is banning books about gay people in my kids school for example." Check out some of the schools in Poland, or Hungary.
- Drakim 4y ago
  This conversation is clearly talking about the good or bad that the EU does. Are those books banned because of the EU? Would they stop being banned if Poland or Hungary was not part of the EU?
  - olivermuty 4y ago
    If anything, what would unban those books is pressure by the EU.
  - DangitBobby 4y ago
    The US government similarly has nothing to do with states like Florida going off the deep end.
  - 8note 4y ago
    I think this is saying that all the good things in EU countries are the result of being in the EU, while none of the bad is?
pjkundert 4y ago
If you, personally, end up restricted from doing things you used to (pay for my software, for example) — you gave up liberty for security, and now have neither. I’m Canadian, by the way. We now can go to prison for wanting to call our children the name we gave them at birth.
tough 4y ago
You've liberty to be poor, die without healthcare, or get rekt in court by a megacorp with infinite lawyer money