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Re:Petition against EU chat control by zoky on Saturday October 14, 2023 @01:15PM (#37882316)
Not that I disagree with you at all, but what do you then say to the response that this is just a slippery slope fallacy?
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Re:Petition against EU chat control by mjburgess on Saturday October 14, 2023 @01:25PM (#37882396)
It's not a fallacy if you have a causal mechanism.

I think it's fairly well-evidenced by history that there are many mechanisms by which states 'backslide' into abuse (indeed, that's the term used today).

Human rights are an invention of liberal states, hard won, against state power -- why have any at all?

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Re:Petition against EU chat control by wkat4242 on Saturday October 14, 2023 @02:02PM (#37882694)
The recent leak of the Europol document begging for access to all this proves it's not a fallacy. The wheels are already in motion.
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