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Governments like to control people and they never back down. Once the government commits to a position like censorship, it can be near impossible to force them
by underseacables 3y ago
Governments like to control people and they never back down. Once the government commits to a position like censorship, it can be near impossible to force them back. Since the EU member countries have not pushed back very much on this, and those politicians in the countries that represent the people have not felt any pushback, the government will keep going.
I also think government bureaucrats saw how much they were able to push citizens during the pandemic, and force them to do things they vocally did not want to do, and so now they feel emboldened.
- waihtis 3y agoThis plus the fact that legislation in the EU happens via one or more proxies, so the potential for a citizen of a member country to have a say in these matters is close to zero
- bt4u 3y agoWell, in my country the citizens managed to push back on broad logging of all internet traffic. It went to court and the logging was deemed illegal. Appealed to supreme court - deemed illegal again. Entered EU court, deemed illegal again. That was 3 years ago I believe. The logging never stopped and continues to this day. The courts are a lie. Democracy is a lie. Pushing back doesn't matter. The only solution is some sort of technology similar to encryption, Tor, freenet etc.
- rightbyte 3y ago> Governments like to control people and they never back down. Once the government commits to a position like censorship, it can be near impossible to force them back. This seems like a fatalistic take. Surely, for the government and legislative body, removing government censorship is easier than enforcing it?