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Re:The Australian federal government is planning to de-anony... by ballenf on Thursday September 02, 2021 @11:11AM (#28393024)
Prosperity.

It's more painful and fear-inducing to lose something you have, so the more you have the stronger the allure of laws that are sold as reducing your risk of loss.

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Re:The Australian federal government is planning to de-anony... by toyg on Thursday September 02, 2021 @11:14AM (#28393066)
Coupled with rising inequality and pressure on the working class.

The distance between rich and poor is now so big, both in economic and cultural terms, that anyone with even a modicum of wealth is obsessed with "not becoming one of Them", and will accept any rule as long as "it keeps Them in their place".

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