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Re:US bans differential privacy in Census data by specialist on Saturday June 13, 2026 @07:00PM (#48522344)
Not voting is much more insulting, by far.

Edit: "civic religion" aha. Sorry, I should have guessed you were trolling. Can't wait to see what kind of revolution you cook up.

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Re:US bans differential privacy in Census data by lovich on Saturday June 13, 2026 @07:50PM (#48522650)
Civil religions and in particular an American Civil religion, are a real thing[1]. Not sure if that’s what the guy meant however.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_civil_religion

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Re:US bans differential privacy in Census data by specialist on Sunday June 14, 2026 @08:56AM (#48526789)
Huh. Thank you! I had no idea. Prior to your share, I would have lumped all that stuff into "culture formation".
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