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[โ€“] 38 points 10 months ago

Literal 1984 shit

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  • [โ€“] 26 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    We need counter movements and fast. Lobbying is happening way too quick (Please think of the children).

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    What can we practically do now as an average joe?

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  • [โ€“] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    I don't know. It is impossible to tell how effective anything could be against Billion and Trillion-aire companies that are intent on lobbying for our data.

    I think join or create any counter-movement.

    If you create one - maybe merge it with a larger counter-movement or vice versa.

    Privacy might be a decent place to start - https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=privacy

    And unfortunately the platforms that create this and are lobbying might be most effective.

    -Reddit Facebook Instagram TikTok Google

    And so on

    Checkout https://european-alternatives.eu/

    https://www.opensourcealternative.to/

    And these types of movements.

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    [โ€“] 13 points 10 months ago

    Decentralise

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  • [โ€“] 11 points 10 months ago*

    I find it impressive that the same hierarchical structure responsible for failures like Hillsborough, Windrush, and the Post Office scandal (amongst many others) has the hubris to tell us to trust it with this kind of invasive monitoring - it is really quite astonishing.

    To the incompetent elites: make sure that your institutions are trustworthy enough before asking for the kind of data that would dramatically magnify the abuses of power, coverups and institutional failures that would be possible.

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Most Brits will shrug their shoulders. They are docile and ill informed and dont want to engage on the continued erosion of their rights.

    Ironic that their national propaganda is all about freedom from an overarching, Big Brother, state.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 10 months ago

    Tell me about it. The apathy among my friends is infuriating. And if you push it too hard you get labeled a conspiracy theorist nutter, even if you back up everything you say with facts, evidence, and credible sources.

    Bread and circuses is really all it takes to control people. With a tiny bit of special economic privileges for those that start to think a bit too independently, to get them back in line and feeling superior to their peers.

    https://youtu.be/XUwUp-D_VV0

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  • [โ€“] 9 points 10 months ago

    This is so messed up

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