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you must have plenty of unambiguous evidence then, given how numerous such goodthinking individuals apparently are. where do these paragons of civil obedience
by vlyan 2mo ago
you must have plenty of unambiguous evidence then, given how numerous such goodthinking individuals apparently are.
where do these paragons of civil obedience congregate? how do they express their wishes for less freedom and more surveillance?
- ShinyLeftPad 2mo agoThey're all around you irl. Touch grass and find out. And to your sarcastic remarks about those people being dumb, believe it or not not everyone is willing to forgo every possible evil in the name of personal privacy in remote communication. Such privacy was never a thing until very recently anyway. (In fact as far as most people are concerned it isn't a thing today either, you'd be surprised how many people assume that their messages and calls are spied on anyway)
- vlyan 2mo agoand so you've spent 20 minutes editing this comment to optimize the amount of snark instead of simply showing me one proof of that silent majority's existence :)
- physicalecon 2mo ago[dead]
- mitxela 2mo agoIsn't the user base of tiktok proof?
- ShinyLeftPad 2mo ago> you've spent 20 minutes editing this comment to optimize the amount of snark why would i waste that much time on writing a reply to you and where do you see snark exactly? > one proof i just talk about it with people irl, yeah that thing i suggest you try;)
- vlyan 2mo agooh, but it's the exact opposite. the people IRL tend to react to censorship and surveillance with the word пидорасы, while the regime's eunuchs on the Internet defend it. maybe having lived under the Soviets makes my people less welcoming to the idea of a commissar deciding what they're allowed to see, hear, say, and ultimately think.
- ShinyLeftPad 2mo agowhat does that word mean? Wiktionary says it's a vulgar word for "gay person", huh? consider that not everyone grew up in an oppressive dictatorship.
- mitxela 2mo agoIt was actually illegal for the post office to read your mail or the phone company to listen to your calls.
- ShinyLeftPad 2mo agoYes. But everyone knew if necessary it was possible and was done by police to fight crime.