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Re:First complaints under the GDPR lodged within hours by hnisgroupthink on Saturday June 09, 2018 @07:17AM (#17272474)
Politics is about expanding power of the political elite while using "improving societies" and other Orwellian language to justify it.

Maybe you should be a little more cynical.

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Re:First complaints under the GDPR lodged within hours by Angostura on Saturday June 09, 2018 @10:55AM (#17273318)
> Maybe you should be a little more cynical

Or maybe you should consider that good government and regulation, of which there is still much, is actually the most effective protection against uncontrolled corporate interest.

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Re:First complaints under the GDPR lodged within hours by hnisgroupthink on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:43AM (#17300548)
Government and corporation are one and the same these days. They graft onto each other and feed one another, like unions and other collectivist organizations.

Why do you think tax money goes to ship amazon packages?

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