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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by thaumasiotes on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @03:39AM (#15282526)
> In french there's a saying : if you don't care about politics, then politics will take care of you...

There is an English template for expressing this idea; it goes "You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you".

I don't know what originally filled the spot where I've put in "politics".

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by nsomaru on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @04:08AM (#15282644)
Maybe 'war'?
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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by mirimir on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @05:47AM (#15283100)
Louis XIV had "Ultima ratio regum" on his cannons.
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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by wiz21c on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @06:32AM (#15283295)
Spinoza's Political Philosophy too (IIRC)
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