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Its like a ocean wave, crashing against the cliff, year in, year out, proposal after proposal, waiting for that final atrocity, justifying pushing it through. T
by honkostani 11mo ago
Its like a ocean wave, crashing against the cliff, year in, year out, proposal after proposal, waiting for that final atrocity, justifying pushing it through.
The white cliffs of Dover, with no plan on how to regain one day that land, once the crisis subsides. And no mechanism to prevent a permanent crisis, because the controls justify the manufacturing of endless crisis.
- layer8 11mo agoWell, we do have the ECJ as a corrective: https://ccdcoe.org/incyder-articles/eu-data-retention-directive-invalid/ https://ccdcoe.org/incyder-articles/eu-data-retention-direct...
- St0n3d 11mo agoUnfortunately the ECJ’s orders aren’t strictly followed and they recently pretty much indicated they could support an atrocious law like ProtectEU. Perhaps to save face.
- layer8 11mo agoCourts are always the last line of defense, there is no way of avoiding that. Rights are never absolute, but have to be balanced against each other, and the courts are the arbiter of that. Aside from that, raising public awareness like the Chat Control initiative did is the way to go. And voting in the EU Parliament elections.
- wkat4242 11mo agoYes it is the way to go but politicians get fatigued because they keep pushing the same thing so often. Also the lobbyists have big bags of money to throw at it.
- honkostani 11mo agoIf you do not tax cooperate income away, or at least force them by law to bind it in investments, it will attack the surrounding containment vessel of laws and culture.
- boltzmann-brain 11mo agoNot just. See my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45767226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45767226
- themafia 11mo agoLike labeling "public rejection" as "controversy." What controversy? People just said no.
- KurSix 11mo agoThis is poetic and painfully accurate