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Re:The chat control proposal does not belong in democratic s... by JacobThreeThree on Monday March 27, 2023 @09:45AM (#35326616)
When a government official doesn't abide by his own lockdown rules, that's corruption.
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Re:The chat control proposal does not belong in democratic s... by themitigating on Monday March 27, 2023 @04:28PM (#35332012)
why?

If a politician votes for a law that reduces the speed limit to 50mph then is caught speeding is that corruption?

I think corruption is when someone abuses their position of power. This isn't abuse they just violated their own rules.

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Re:The chat control proposal does not belong in democratic s... by LawTalkingGuy on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @03:14AM (#35353722)
It's corruption because they know they won't be punished.

If more laws were objective (like speeding) and politicians were as surveilled as everyone else it wouldn't be an issue.

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Re:The chat control proposal does not belong in democratic s... by themitigating on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @06:17PM (#35364628)
You're misusing the word objective and corruption is an abuse of power not hypocrisy.

Also speeding is a bad example since the cops let people off all the time

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Re:The chat control proposal does not belong in democratic s... by LawTalkingGuy on Thursday March 30, 2023 @01:28AM (#35368446)
It is an abuse of power when they support laws they know they won't be charged with even if caught. The hypocrisy is also annoying, but not the main problem.

> Also speeding is a bad example since the cops let people off all the time

That's why I said "and surveilled".

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