• RotatingParts@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    People need to stop thinking about Republicans vs. Democrats and starting think in terms of people vs. the government. We might be able to make positive change if we united.

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      10 months ago

      No, the government is huge, and most parts of it really don’t care about your data. They’re busy buildings roads, sewers and doing fundamental research. It’s really people vs the national security state.

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        10 months ago

        Don’t worry, every school shooting the 2A types bleat about how their guns keep us safe from tyranny (when they’re not busy voting for tyrants).

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          10 months ago

          Having guns is just like having encryption or any software.

          However, we shouldn’t let issues like guns get in the way of basic freedoms like the right not to be searched without a warrant

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            10 months ago

            Having guns is just like having encryption or any software.

            People aren’t mutilating school children beyond recognition or executing their ex-girlfriends with RSA encryption.

            However, we shouldn’t let issues like guns get in the way of basic freedoms like the right not to be searched without a warrant

            They can shoot it better then, like they promised.

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        10 months ago

        I think this is a chicken and egg situation, the more government the more it will morph into something bad for a portion of the people.

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          10 months ago

          As it turns out you need a strong government with today’s world. You can’t get away with a small isolated country town like you could back when the US was starting out.

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            10 months ago

            How do you know? How many good and bad wars has the US been involved in the last 100 years?

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      10 months ago

      It’s actually people vs. corporations vs. the government, and the corporations keep bribing the refs

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        10 months ago

        They allowed the dumbest of us all to have their dumb insurrection for the dumbest reasons in a very public way. I wonder why.