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buellerbuellerlast Thursday at 9:27 PM1 replyview on HN

It's also excellent pro-privacy advocacy. I am happy to have a big tent for this issue.


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mindslightlast Thursday at 9:36 PM

No, that's the problem - it's not good advocacy. The destructionist movement is more appropriately seen as arbitraging away existing concern about the issues they claim to take up. Their politicians' main use for reformist political causes are as cudgels for threatening businesses with, after which they back off once their own pockets get lined. As a libertarian who cares about many of the causes of individual freedom they dishonestly champion, I'm well acquainted with their abuse of ideals.