alt Hacker NewsI'd really like you to understand that saying this kind of thing means you're taking the government's side, even if you do it with cool ironic undertones. I'm religious enough that I'm particularly sensitive to this dynamic - there's a lot of pastors out there who talk about how we live in a fallen world as an excuse for why we don't need to bother opposing some particular injustice.
No. That is not true.
The whole, if u are not against them ur for them, argument scares me as so much more bad comes from it.
I am honest. I remember all the crypto validators buckling to sam when pressure came over sanctions. Same happened back with land lines, cell networks, and now AI too. All governments do this.
I dont like it. I dont want it. I vote against it. And it still happens. So i shrug as once again the same thing happens.