Comment by phatfish

Comment by phatfish 11 hours ago

Agreed, all the scaremongering is hilarious. As if a digital ID is what is going to be used to repress the common (wo)man.

News flash, if your "liberal western government" wanted to they have more than enough tools to do it already. See all the repressive governments with institutions stuck in the 60s.

- Don't trust corporations that you have no control over. - Vote wisely for the government you do have some control over. - Accept compromises are needed in a society of millions rather than constant political conflict.

Start with the above for a better life.

DrProtic 10 hours ago

In the same breath you mention repressive governments and how you have control over governments. Which one is it?

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phatfish 9 hours ago

Depends which sort of government you live under obviously. Luckily in the UK we do have control over our government.
If people got off the internet they might realise they have all the tools needed to make their country a better place.

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reaperducer 24 minutes ago

all the scaremongering is hilarious.

Only if you didn't pay attention in history class.

Certain European governments didn't tattoo serial numbers on the arms of certain citizens so they could more easily access government services and check out library books.

You can say "Europe isn't like that anymore" all you want. Governments change. Power shifts.

Less than a decade ago, Europe was saying that Russia is no longer a threat because it was welcomed into the Western economy. Things change.

The present is not the future.

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user3939382 10 hours ago

I don’t think it’s scaremongering or hilarious. I think you’re weak. Oh it’s nice to have this, so I’ll relinquish my sovereignty, if you can’t beat em join em. Enshrined in a false dichotomy: how about we don’t trust the corporations OR the government?

As far as their “tools” I invented a stack which demolishes all digital surveillance. The real point is we need people like me not people like you, then we’d actually have solutions to these problems. YOU are the problem. Your weakness and laziness is what enables these horrible patterns.

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