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I for one blame the NPC Population that can't think more than 5 Minutes ahead in terms of policy.

by dtx1 2y ago

sneak 2y ago
The NPC population doesn’t know about this and doesn’t care. They haven’t heard of this and they don’t know what “e2ee” means. They have “nothing to hide”. They are your parents and grandparents, and your friends from work. I blame people who do know and write internet comments instead of taking action. How many of you have deleted your Instagram and Facebook accounts? How many of you are still reachable on WhatsApp and iMessage? How many people have you onboarded to Signal? How many people have you taught to sideload?
- dtx1 2y ago
  > The NPC population doesn’t know about this and doesn’t care. They haven’t heard of this and they don’t know what “e2ee” means. They have “nothing to hide”. They are your parents and grandparents, and your friends from work. You got it right: They do not care. They do not care that privacy, democracy and freedom are taken away from them because they never cared that they had that in the first place. It's the eternal conservative vote that will never consider an alternative regardless of fact. They vote Republican in the US and CDU here in Germany. Doesn't matter if they vote for a convicted criminal or that they ruin the future of their children and grandchildren. They got theirs, fuck everyone else. Doesn't matter what I do there's a block of at least a third to half the population that is not open to argument, reason or even facts. Fuck those People!
  - HPsquared 2y ago
    It's not really a left/right thing. These things always have "bipartisan support".
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > blame people who do know and write internet comments instead of taking action Amen. I’ve worked on privacy issues in the states. Never again. The overlap between people who care about privacy and those who are too lazy and/or nihilistic to engage with the civic process might as well be perfect. If you care about this, call your elected. If you won’t, that’s the problem.
  - cheeseomlit 2y ago
    They're nihilistic for a reason, I won't call my representative because its a waste of time. Privacy-minded Americans are a tiny subset of the population vs. the most powerful corporate entities and intelligence agencies in the world, there isn't anything we (or my representatives) can do or say that's going to make a meaningful difference. If the snowden leaks weren't enough to trigger a reckoning on this issue then nothing will. At this point civic engagement on privacy in the US basically amounts to political masturbation, it feels good but does nothing
guappa 2y ago
Calling others "NPC" is really telling about what kind of person you are. Yes, you're the only person who experiences inner thought and a complex existence.

I for one blame the NPC Population that can't think more than 5 Minutes ahead in terms of policy.

by dtx1 2y ago

I for one blame the NPC Population that can't think more than 5 Minutes ahead in terms of policy.

The NPC population doesn’t know about this and doesn’t care. They haven’t heard of this and they don’t know what “e2ee” means. They have “nothing to hide”. They are your parents and grandparents, and your friends from work. I blame people who do know and write internet comments instead of taking action. How many of you have deleted your Instagram and Facebook accounts? How many of you are still reachable on WhatsApp and iMessage? How many people have you onboarded to Signal? How many people have you taught to sideload?

dtx1 2y ago
> The NPC population doesn’t know about this and doesn’t care. They haven’t heard of this and they don’t know what “e2ee” means. They have “nothing to hide”. They are your parents and grandparents, and your friends from work. You got it right: They do not care. They do not care that privacy, democracy and freedom are taken away from them because they never cared that they had that in the first place. It's the eternal conservative vote that will never consider an alternative regardless of fact. They vote Republican in the US and CDU here in Germany. Doesn't matter if they vote for a convicted criminal or that they ruin the future of their children and grandchildren. They got theirs, fuck everyone else. Doesn't matter what I do there's a block of at least a third to half the population that is not open to argument, reason or even facts. Fuck those People!
- HPsquared 2y ago
  It's not really a left/right thing. These things always have "bipartisan support".
JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> blame people who do know and write internet comments instead of taking action Amen. I’ve worked on privacy issues in the states. Never again. The overlap between people who care about privacy and those who are too lazy and/or nihilistic to engage with the civic process might as well be perfect. If you care about this, call your elected. If you won’t, that’s the problem.
- cheeseomlit 2y ago
  They're nihilistic for a reason, I won't call my representative because its a waste of time. Privacy-minded Americans are a tiny subset of the population vs. the most powerful corporate entities and intelligence agencies in the world, there isn't anything we (or my representatives) can do or say that's going to make a meaningful difference. If the snowden leaks weren't enough to trigger a reckoning on this issue then nothing will. At this point civic engagement on privacy in the US basically amounts to political masturbation, it feels good but does nothing

guappa 2y ago

Calling others "NPC" is really telling about what kind of person you are. Yes, you're the only person who experiences inner thought and a complex existence.