"We would be less confidential than Google" Proton threatens to quit Switzerland

Re:"We would be less confidential than Google" Proton threat... by hluska on Saturday May 17, 2025 @08:48PM (#44018131)

Democracy is fundamentally about putting in free labour. That’s just how it works, from the lowliest municipal elections up to federal. It’s a lot of unpaid labour.

That system works and has worked for a long time.

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Re:"We would be less confidential than Google" Proton threat... by refactor_master on Saturday May 17, 2025 @10:18PM (#44018477)

I think that’s an oversimplification. You can’t take the “free labor of performing democracy” and put it to equally good use doing anything else I can think of.

I guess you could work in soup kitchens, but that’s horribly inefficient welfare compared to just electing competent leadership, if the ultimate aim is to benefit The People.

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Re:"We would be less confidential than Google" Proton threat... by j45 on Saturday May 17, 2025 @11:23PM (#44018787)

Agreed on oversimplification

It’s more putting the burden on the people

By free labor I meant the bureaucrats who are paid in the otherwise to make the laws

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