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>>pabs3+(OP)
The anti-privacy movement in Europe is really concerning. In particular as general population don't really care about it, we are going toward some major shifts. I'm wondering though how this radical turn was initiated and if some lobbies are pulling the strings behind the scene...

>>Tyyps+b5
Also to add to this discussion, to me, it makes zero sense that you would deploy such a system that could be weaponized by a rogue government to hunt down political opponents.

One could argue that they may very well think that this sort of thing could never happen, that the center will always prevail etc... but then again I remember seeing this video compilation of a lot of very confident people in the US saying that Trump would never be president a few months before the 2016 election, let alone be elected for a second term.

So that makes me think, how can they so confident that "the good guys" will always be in charge?

Because from where I am standing there is a massive chance that Reform will win in the UK and that the National Rally will win in France in 2027.

Nobody can say that they did not know.

>>rdm_bl+0e
They don't care, what they're absolutely terrified is another Arab Spring happening at home.

The bet is that no matter who is in power, the ruling classes won't find themselves under the boot, which is a pretty good bet to make. Beats a revolution, in their eyes.