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Being against mass-surveillance should be a bipartisan struggle. Given our political polarization, each side is highly distrustful about what "the other side" w
by ryandrake 3mo ago
Being against mass-surveillance should be a bipartisan struggle. Given our political polarization, each side is highly distrustful about what "the other side" will do with mass amounts of data about their side. This should be a cause that unites everyone.
- tedggh 3mo agoWe do have some bipartisan initiatives, it’s just that they are not news worthy. Take for example the initial push for banning TikTok. It had unprecedented bipartisan support.
- SwellJoe 3mo agoAll the evil shit (war, funding genocide, mass surveillance, privacy invasions or curtailing free speech in the name of protecting children) nearly always has bipartisan support.
- nozzlegear 3mo agoIn my state (Iowa), a bill making animal abuse a felony had bipartisan support, and went into effect a few weeks ago. Not everything need be so cynical.
- jmspring 3mo agoHaving binged on a bunch of modern British detective fiction in the last year or so - Rhys Dylan as an example. The reliance on cameras in society, yes it is fiction, but there is also truth is an interesting thing in terms of what a society accepts.
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- PaulHoule 3mo agoI've seen Trump 2024 voters go to No Kings in 2026 because they fear being the victim of federal overreach as in ICE.
- dlcarrier 3mo agoPretty much anything libertarians are for has bipartisan opposition, so at least we have some unity there.
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- robotnikman 3mo agoIndeed, I'm happy too see the majority of people are united on this issue.