At this point I think Musk, Thiel and the rest of plutocrats are a bigger danger than Russia and China combined
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Eu: agrees to proceed with chatcontrol even though a majority voted against (but not an absolute majority)
Also EU: ohno Russia is a threat to our DeMoCrAcY
(Yes EU =/= EU but fuck that sounds very stupid to read one after another)
a majority voted against
Twice... because they already refused to accept the result the first time.
Wasn't that the third time already now?
Oh, chat control in general much more even.
But this specific vote by the parliament when they rejected to extend this bullshit chat control 1.0 temporary exception was instantly repeated within a week because the right-wing morons didn't like the result. They got the same one again, so they now cheated and introduced the same thing again via the EU commision instead, one day before the summer break when not enough parliament members were still there to reject it a third time.
How this can be legal is beyond me
If something was voted against, just pushing it again is real bullshit and shouldn't be allowed
Democracy for the leadership, not the peasants!
Oh, are you guys finally ready to talk about why the EU is bad? Now that it has effected you personally?
Edit: Looks like y'all still aren't ready for it.
The main problem lies with the politicians people voted for in each country's elections (who are then reflected in the European Council and the Commission), not the EU as a concept or even as a set of institutions, or at least, not entirely so in the latter case.
"This is because of individuals and their moral impurity, never the system." yup, that's a Euro.
Read again until the very end. I didn't say that. π
A: it's one sentence, I read it multiple times.
B: yes, that is what you said. Whether or not you understand the ideas you're talking about is a different thing from what you said. Yes, it is refusing to acknowledge the systemic failures of a fundamentally imperialistic and capitalistic system when you attribute its typical behaviour to simply mistakes made by those who participate in its elections. Nobody who is going to genuinely challenge this system is going to be in those positions, let alone achieve the level of impact necessary to avoid policies like these (that passes with a minority vote anyway).
Read again.
What are you talking about??
The many times people in this community flipped shit when I said the EU was imperialistic and favourable to authoritarian politics. Now that there is an obvious example of how that looks, apparently many of you have known this the whole time. Just pointing out the humour in that, Euros are horribly uncritical of their way of life generally.
apparently many of you have known this the whole time.
Many do but they are not the majority and people in general don't write comments to be downvoted.
You're saying you think it's good to not criticize something morally wrong for fear of losing internet points?
It's enough that it is not motivating so people don't reply as often as they could.
Right, so I'm correct in saying that many of you have apparently known this whole time, and yet only talk about it when it effects you. I'm saying that people in this community are cowardly and uncritical. Fear of criticizing something due to the most minute consequences of people on the internet getting mad at you is not something I find relatable or acceptable when so much of the fascism we are currently dealing with has been facilitated through online culture.
Trolls used to be good and funny. Man i miss those times...
Are you having a stroke
Just another lost mind :/ Tragic
Yes, there it is. Have fun with the surveillance state.
what does "eu is bad" have to do with "eu says russia is bad"?
You should probably read the article that talks about what its done because of that notion.
That's fair, I didn't read the article.
i call out the eu as a threat to the democratic integrity of the eu
There are many dual use tools that can also be used to silence an opposition. There is a huge risk of abuse and it worries me that they don't prominently and proudly show any measures that they are taking to prevent abuse. Do they exist?
Ensure faster responses by platforms in combatting electoral interference, particularly bot-driven efforts.
Clearly distinguish synthetic content from authentic material, and give more prominence to independent and verified sources.