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Where are all those "as an EU citizen" commenters? You are but a subject of an ultra-national government whose sole objective is ever increased control over you

by afh1 6mo ago

Where are all those "as an EU citizen" commenters? You are but a subject of an ultra-national government whose sole objective is ever increased control over your life and euros.

moffkalast 6mo ago
As an EU citizen I have to remind you that as a (most likely) US citizen, you've had the Patiot act sanction the NSA to have free reign for this sort of thing for the past 25 years. We've shot it down before, and we'll shoot it down again, regardless of how relentless Palantir lobbying gets.
- pessimizer 6mo ago
  > you've had the Patiot act sanction the NSA to have free reign for this sort of thing for the past 25 years. This is not true. No part of the Patriot Act required all people all private messages and photos to be scanned or have a backdoor to encryption. You're saying this to minimize what's about to happen to Europe, which is not helpful. The NSA made deals with private companies to tap lines, and used its influence and US intelligence's secret ownership of a Swiss encryption company to encourage us to use broken algorithms. > We've shot it down before, and we'll shoot it down again, regardless of how relentless Palantir lobbying gets. I wish you luck. But there's nothing keeping the EU from doing, and having always done, what the NSA has also done. What you're trying to stop is the requirement to serve your communications to your rulers on a silver platter.
  - moffkalast 6mo ago
    Thanks for the luck, it got rejected by a single vote, lmao https://howtheyvote.eu/votes/189574 https://howtheyvote.eu/votes/189574
latexr 6mo ago
As a EU citizen, it pisses me off that the US is (with others outside the EU) trying this hard to lobby to undermine our democracy and freedom of speech. https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer/116205371224315359 https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer/1162053712243153... And I’d still take this clusterfuck over the alternative current state of the US. At least this situation we can (and have been) striking down, despite all the naysayers on HN. Here’s to hoping we’re able to do so again!
- deleted 6mo ago
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- cbeach 6mo ago
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  - latexr 6mo ago
    > We Europeans have a pathological habit of blaming Orange Man Bad for all our many problems Speak for yourself. I don’t even think Trump is to blame for all the US’s problems (he’s a symptom of a much larger system), let alone the EU’s. I also mentioned others outside the EU and US, as does the link I posted. Furthermore, I don’t think I personally know anyone from the EU who blames “all our many problems” on the US.
  - komali2 6mo ago
    > socialist, collectivist tendencies Lots of places are socialist or collectivist and have a different set of problems, so the argument that EU problems can be solely attributed to that don't make sense. I'm also not sure "collectivist" is the correct label. We can't describe Japan (and the PRC, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, a couple other SEasian nations) and the EU as both collectivist, considering Japan is the far more extreme version of it (I would say, only Japan is collectivist, not the EU). One or the other needs a different word.
  - bean469 6mo ago
    > We Europeans have a pathological habit of blaming Orange Man Bad for all our many problems Might be a different social circle, but I have not met a single European in my entire life of living in Europe who would blame Donald Trump or the US in general for the problems that we are currently facing. It doesn't take a genius to summarize that trans-continental geopolitics is much more complex than that
  - moorebob 6mo ago
    more like, Europeans have a habit of making "Orange Man Bad" criticisms to deflect from criticism of the EU. But yeah you're on the right lines.
Muromec 6mo ago
>You are but a subject of an ultra-national government whose sole objective is ever increased control over your life and euros. Yes, but who isn't? Not the other side of the pond for sure.
on_the_train 6mo ago
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- bean469 6mo ago
  > The EU has always been focused on harming its citizens. Insanely bonkers take. What sources do you have for this?
  - on_the_train 6mo ago
    Being German lol
- Anonasty 6mo ago
  Sounds like russian troll talking point.
  - theodric 6mo ago
    I don't think dismissing anyone as an agitproppist or foreign agent who expresses a dim view of the EU's tendency toward overreach and habit of asking the same question over and over until it's answered "correctly" is fair. Not when McCarthy did it, and not today. And I can promise you that nobody's paying me to post online, anyway!
    - throwaway132448 6mo ago
      Do you always take baseless claims at face value?
  - on_the_train 6mo ago
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Traubenfuchs 6mo ago
As an EU citizen I hate this but I know it‘s a „when?“ not an „if“ topic. I realise the EU is our only hope to defend ourselves against big players like China and the US and smaller bullies like Russia. But at the same time I realise the EU we have in this timeline is one of the worst possible: a criminal venture, a safe heaven for the corrupt elite + their lobbyists and an organisation that‘s hell bent on harming and controlling its citizens. Majorities for sane parties are not possible. Democracy is too slow, too indirect. Hell, this is barely a democracy at all, just like on the national level. As EU citizens we as powerless as every other citizen in the world.
Anonasty 6mo ago
EU is not a government for all EU members. You should look into what EU is and how it works before attacking it. Claiming that it's "ultra national" would mean that all of EU is one nation which shares one ideological, cultural and political sphere. There are 27 EU members with 24 official languages, 20 of those countries are part of the Euro currency zone. But if you are a US citizen, I would refrain talking about increased control of life outside of your own turf. Your education system is controlled either government or religious groups. Your streets are patrolled by uneducated police troops without control and they are detaining even US citizens without due process. Now your government says they will block all foreign made routers. And did you forget NSA Prism program? Your voting system is controlled via gerrymandered maps which are changing constantly depending who's in the control. Lots of your citizens are living paycheck to paycheck and one health issue can bankrupt them and only way to survive is to ask money from strangers via gofundme. All because of healthcare and insurance companies greed and politicians lack of interests of their constituents. Yeah, the EU legislation about privacy and chat control is problematic but saying that US is doing so much better for it's citizens is a stretch.
- raverbashing 6mo ago
  Yes the correct name would be "super/supra" national instead of ultra national
gpderetta 6mo ago
As an EU citizen, I'm happy that the parliament has once again rejected the proposal, which at least gives credence to the notion that it not just there to rubber-stamp what the commission decides. But the price of freedom is indeed eternal vigilance.

by afh1 6mo ago

Where are all those "as an EU citizen" commenters? You are but a subject of an ultra-national government whose sole objective is ever increased control over your life and euros.

moffkalast 6mo ago

As an EU citizen I have to remind you that as a (most likely) US citizen, you've had the Patiot act sanction the NSA to have free reign for this sort of thing for the past 25 years. We've shot it down before, and we'll shoot it down again, regardless of how relentless Palantir lobbying gets.

pessimizer 6mo ago
> you've had the Patiot act sanction the NSA to have free reign for this sort of thing for the past 25 years. This is not true. No part of the Patriot Act required all people all private messages and photos to be scanned or have a backdoor to encryption. You're saying this to minimize what's about to happen to Europe, which is not helpful. The NSA made deals with private companies to tap lines, and used its influence and US intelligence's secret ownership of a Swiss encryption company to encourage us to use broken algorithms. > We've shot it down before, and we'll shoot it down again, regardless of how relentless Palantir lobbying gets. I wish you luck. But there's nothing keeping the EU from doing, and having always done, what the NSA has also done. What you're trying to stop is the requirement to serve your communications to your rulers on a silver platter.
- moffkalast 6mo ago
  Thanks for the luck, it got rejected by a single vote, lmao https://howtheyvote.eu/votes/189574 https://howtheyvote.eu/votes/189574

latexr 6mo ago

As a EU citizen, it pisses me off that the US is (with others outside the EU) trying this hard to lobby to undermine our democracy and freedom of speech. https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer/116205371224315359 https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer/1162053712243153... And I’d still take this clusterfuck over the alternative current state of the US. At least this situation we can (and have been) striking down, despite all the naysayers on HN. Here’s to hoping we’re able to do so again!

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cbeach 6mo ago
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- latexr 6mo ago
  > We Europeans have a pathological habit of blaming Orange Man Bad for all our many problems Speak for yourself. I don’t even think Trump is to blame for all the US’s problems (he’s a symptom of a much larger system), let alone the EU’s. I also mentioned others outside the EU and US, as does the link I posted. Furthermore, I don’t think I personally know anyone from the EU who blames “all our many problems” on the US.
- komali2 6mo ago
  > socialist, collectivist tendencies Lots of places are socialist or collectivist and have a different set of problems, so the argument that EU problems can be solely attributed to that don't make sense. I'm also not sure "collectivist" is the correct label. We can't describe Japan (and the PRC, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, a couple other SEasian nations) and the EU as both collectivist, considering Japan is the far more extreme version of it (I would say, only Japan is collectivist, not the EU). One or the other needs a different word.
- bean469 6mo ago
  > We Europeans have a pathological habit of blaming Orange Man Bad for all our many problems Might be a different social circle, but I have not met a single European in my entire life of living in Europe who would blame Donald Trump or the US in general for the problems that we are currently facing. It doesn't take a genius to summarize that trans-continental geopolitics is much more complex than that
- moorebob 6mo ago
  more like, Europeans have a habit of making "Orange Man Bad" criticisms to deflect from criticism of the EU. But yeah you're on the right lines.

Muromec 6mo ago

>You are but a subject of an ultra-national government whose sole objective is ever increased control over your life and euros. Yes, but who isn't? Not the other side of the pond for sure.

on_the_train 6mo ago

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bean469 6mo ago
> The EU has always been focused on harming its citizens. Insanely bonkers take. What sources do you have for this?
- on_the_train 6mo ago
  Being German lol
Anonasty 6mo ago
Sounds like russian troll talking point.
- theodric 6mo ago
  I don't think dismissing anyone as an agitproppist or foreign agent who expresses a dim view of the EU's tendency toward overreach and habit of asking the same question over and over until it's answered "correctly" is fair. Not when McCarthy did it, and not today. And I can promise you that nobody's paying me to post online, anyway!
  - throwaway132448 6mo ago
    Do you always take baseless claims at face value?
- on_the_train 6mo ago
  [flagged]

Traubenfuchs 6mo ago

As an EU citizen I hate this but I know it‘s a „when?“ not an „if“ topic. I realise the EU is our only hope to defend ourselves against big players like China and the US and smaller bullies like Russia. But at the same time I realise the EU we have in this timeline is one of the worst possible: a criminal venture, a safe heaven for the corrupt elite + their lobbyists and an organisation that‘s hell bent on harming and controlling its citizens. Majorities for sane parties are not possible. Democracy is too slow, too indirect. Hell, this is barely a democracy at all, just like on the national level. As EU citizens we as powerless as every other citizen in the world.

Anonasty 6mo ago

EU is not a government for all EU members. You should look into what EU is and how it works before attacking it. Claiming that it's "ultra national" would mean that all of EU is one nation which shares one ideological, cultural and political sphere. There are 27 EU members with 24 official languages, 20 of those countries are part of the Euro currency zone. But if you are a US citizen, I would refrain talking about increased control of life outside of your own turf. Your education system is controlled either government or religious groups. Your streets are patrolled by uneducated police troops without control and they are detaining even US citizens without due process. Now your government says they will block all foreign made routers. And did you forget NSA Prism program? Your voting system is controlled via gerrymandered maps which are changing constantly depending who's in the control. Lots of your citizens are living paycheck to paycheck and one health issue can bankrupt them and only way to survive is to ask money from strangers via gofundme. All because of healthcare and insurance companies greed and politicians lack of interests of their constituents. Yeah, the EU legislation about privacy and chat control is problematic but saying that US is doing so much better for it's citizens is a stretch.

raverbashing 6mo ago
Yes the correct name would be "super/supra" national instead of ultra national

gpderetta 6mo ago

As an EU citizen, I'm happy that the parliament has once again rejected the proposal, which at least gives credence to the notion that it not just there to rubber-stamp what the commission decides. But the price of freedom is indeed eternal vigilance.