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Its pretty obvious we stuck it to ourselves by voting in self important bureaucrats time and time again, so changing that would be a good start. Protests proba
by bifrost 13y ago
Its pretty obvious we stuck it to ourselves by voting in self important bureaucrats time and time again, so changing that would be a good start.
Protests probably won't do much, hitting the sponsors of politicians would be good though. You'll note that MoveOn/etc haven't really made much noise about this so might be good to call them out as the sockpuppet that they are. I'd say protest against the taxes that pay for this kind of thing, but that seems antithetical to a lot of people...
- LoganCale 13y agoProtests are good because they 1) keep the story alive, 2) make it more obvious to ordinary people out in public, and 3) indicate to others that this time we're really angry and possibly get more people to join in as well when they realize it's not just going to fade away after a day or two like always has before.
- bifrost 13y agoThis story has not and will not die in the tech community, but wilful ignorance has kept people from paying attention to it for the last decade.
- LoganCale 13y agoIt's not guaranteed to not die—revelation after revelation has been coming out for nearly the past decade, if not longer, and people always forgot and moved on, or stopped caring—even in the tech community. It's only now, with so much information at once, and putting it all together, that it's gained enough momentum to stay in the spotlight for longer, hopefully.