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Re:The EARN IT act is an attack on end-to-end encryption by bilekas on Friday March 06, 2020 @05:54PM (#22508134)
Personally, no, I'll be the first to put my hand up and say I don't have the patience to try and deal with the bureaucracy but I do believe that there are some people who go into politics to genuinely make a difference and improve the society. As cynical as we can be about politicians, for sure there are people out there who would just like to 'fix' things. - Usually the roadblock to that is the interest bodies with influence.. It's annoying at best, but I hold out hope..
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Re:The EARN IT act is an attack on end-to-end encryption by komali2 on Saturday March 07, 2020 @04:12AM (#22510729)
Someone once said to me that every politician was a class president somewhere. As I think back to every class president I've ever had, it explains pretty much everything I've ever hated about any given politician.
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Re:The EARN IT act is an attack on end-to-end encryption by DEADBEEFC0FFEE on Saturday March 07, 2020 @04:43AM (#22510812)
Douglas Adams Quotes "It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it"

"anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

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Re:The EARN IT act is an attack on end-to-end encryption by inetknght on Friday March 06, 2020 @06:02PM (#22508188)
> I hold out hope

You are a better person than I.

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Re:The EARN IT act is an attack on end-to-end encryption by bilekas on Friday March 06, 2020 @06:07PM (#22508229)
I wouldn't say that, hope is free.. Maybe it's a dream like a unicorn. But hey, if we don't know what is better, we might never work towards it.
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