• zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    I am deeply pissed that they just keep on attempting. This is costing millions, for nothing. The EU should introduce a forced wait period for declined topics, as this here is the abuse of the democratic system.

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          Years ago, had a guy in the young democrats club try to spin lobbying in a positive light, I just kept asking why TF we needed legalized bribery in politics.

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        They will keep proposing solutions until the problem is solved. Notice how everytime its voted down they try a different idea? Thats how its supposed to work.

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          This isn’t a problem that needs to be solved.

          Do you really think criminals will just continue using chat apps knowing they are being constantly scanned?

          Of course not! They will find different ways to communicate. Criminals won’t just disappear. This DOESN’T solve crime AT ALL.

          This is such a fucking stupid political argument and people are falling for it. “Oh yes, if we introduce mass surveillance, there won’t be any more terrorists or pedophiles”

          It’s pure mass surveillance that doesn’t solve the problem and has zero benefit for the society.

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              It’s not us who’s voting on these issues. It’s pretty obvious you don’t understand how the process works. Why do you keep discussing it?

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          Excpet the “problem” they’re trying to solve is to enable them to sueveil anyone.

          Encyption for them, not for you.

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          The problem they want to “solve” is the ability to surveil everyone, which is impossible as long as netcat and gpg exist

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          This is the same solution to the problem. By only proposing the same solution over and over it’s pretty clear they just want full access to messaging. If it was actually about the children or security or whatever they would be attempting more privacy friendly alternatives

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              Lucky for me, it’s my role or job to pitch them, and I do not need to pitch them to you. You are more than welcome to read the EFF’s writeup on alternatives yourself.

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                Could you send the link to the writeup you’re referencing?? I can’t find it. There’s a whole bunch of EFF pages about Chat Control, but I can’t find one specifically about alternatives.

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                Wow very helpful. Thanks for advocating for your cause so effectively. Clearly your rhetoric will win the day.

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                  You’re clearly trying to bait me into some argument which is why I have no interest in finding resources to show you. I’m not biting. I get some references, you try to tell me it’s bunk or it won’t work, I’m just not feeling it today. I don’t feel like being trolled or pulled into your anger circle. So, won’t respond anymore. Have a pleasant day!

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                    I can clarify.

                    First I was asking for an example of a better solution, because I’m not aware of one and it would be nice to learn about one.

                    The next reply was me being sarcastic because instead of just giving a quick explanation of an idea, you dismissed me and told me to essentially “google it”. Since you aren’t treating me in good faith, I replied in kind.

                    Maybe when you are feeling better you can give this another shot. Have a better day.

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        1. Your source is about Canada. But okay, it can be used as an example, fair enough.
        2. Those are citizen-initiated petitions. It works a bit different in the EU unfortunately
        3. I personally believe that increasing the fee is the best, if you want to destroy democracy. A way better solution to this problem would be to increase the number of signatures needed, or in an EU petition the percentage of yea-sayers.

        Thanks though for the input, I liked it.