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If you look at Europe, (not in the non existing coverage in mainstream press ), their answer is to protest. But that requires an informed population. Hackernews
by pibechorro 4y ago
If you look at Europe, (not in the non existing coverage in mainstream press ), their answer is to protest. But that requires an informed population. Hackernews might be, but 99% of people are not.
The problem with bills like this is that it eventually shows the people what is really going on behind the curtain, and trust / legitimacy is lost. Its very difficult to gain those back. So it leads to blackmarkets annnnd totalitarianism.
Voting 3rd party and civil disobedience is the only levers the little people have when representatives no longer represent.
- teekert 4y agoAnd yet, we're getting chat control. I think most people don't care or understand.
- mrguyorama 4y agoAlso a huge amount of Americans CANNOT protest, because of that whole, being dirt poor barely scraping by, miss a day of work and be fired thing. We have no safety nets, so the people on the bottom have no choice in the matter if they still believe they can at least survive under whatever tyranny is coming down the pipe. Voting should be a national holiday. There should be a national minimum number of polling stations per ten thousand people, and there should be limitations around how much a state can fuck with their placement and hours of operation. There's also a lot of Americans who believe other things are more important but I don't think that is relevant here because this bill has bipartisan support. Mail, Email, or call your state reps.