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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by akamaozu on Friday September 20, 2019 @05:43AM (#21024860)
Welcome to democracy, where an individual with zero understanding of an issue can vote on it and is legally entitled to have their opinion taken seriously.
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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by Lucadg on Saturday September 21, 2019 @01:17AM (#21033653)
Yes, I think about this often and it appears to be a bug in the democracy system but any attempt to tie voting rights to knowledge seems to create even more bugs.
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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by hharlequin on Friday September 20, 2019 @08:46AM (#21026058)
It really does feel like there should be some kind of aptitude test involved in getting a vote, doesn't it?
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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by homonculus1 on Friday September 20, 2019 @08:55AM (#21026133)
We need to require at least some minimal standard. A common-sense starting point would be literacy...
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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by afiori on Friday September 20, 2019 @07:42AM (#21025528)
Just for context: do you have any alternatives?
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