Re:Hacker facing an 8-year jail term for exposing vulnerabil...
by onetimemanytime on Monday February 04, 2019 @07:05AM
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Yeah it is. Sliding to the way things were under Mother USSR...in fact a lot of East Europe are having the same problem. Strong leaders /parties try to choke free speech and opponents.
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Re:Hacker facing an 8-year jail term for exposing vulnerabil...
by tomp on Monday February 04, 2019 @07:24AM
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> try to choke free speech and opponents
Well it's not that different in the West...
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/its-not-fr...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/09/geert-wilders-...
Re:Hacker facing an 8-year jail term for exposing vulnerabil...
by r3bl on Monday February 04, 2019 @07:39AM
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Geert Wilders is a leader of the largest opposition party. He's a big problem for sure, but can't be compared with places like Poland, Hungary, Serbia, and others that already have autocratic leaders for years.
Western Europe saw oppressive candidates losing the fight and becoming a fierce opposition. Eastern Europe already got fucked and is now facing consequences. It was enough for the autocratic leaders to win fair elections once and there were no fair elections since.