Patrick Breyer, a staunch defender of digital rights, laments the Pirate Party’s exit from the EU Parliament as a blow to online privacy.

  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    In the whole bad times lead to strong people, which leads to good times, which leads to weak people, which leads to bad times, we’re in the weak people leading to bad times stage. Now things need to get bad enough to start making strong people.

    Only problem is the fascists are smarter this time and are pushing everywhere, so this time might not have nation states on the good side.

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      5 months ago

      Only problem is the fascists are smarter this time and are pushing everywhere, so this time might not have nation states on the good side.

      Putting that way is stupid. Yeah, maybe what you call fascist this time are smarter but on the other hand what should oppose them is dumber.

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      5 months ago

      Why are you repeating that fascist “strong men create good times” bullshit?

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        5 months ago

        While I’m not surprised if fascists use it, I don’t think it is disinformation if they do, seems like more of a human thing where people generally just want to live their lives but asshole control freaks want to take power and gradually do while most just focus on their own things until the control freaks cross too many lines and people decide the best way to live their best life involves removing them from power.

        It all depends on how you define “strong people” and “good times”. The fascist version of this isn’t quite in sync with the one I believe in.