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Re:Think of the Children: How to Force Real ID for All Inter... by andunie on Friday June 19, 2026 @11:58PM (#48606228)
The opposite is true.
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Re:Think of the Children: How to Force Real ID for All Inter... by throw10920 on Saturday June 20, 2026 @01:46AM (#48606663)
By this you mean that the first line of defense should be to change the government, correct? If so, I'm pretty sure you're right. Technical solutions to social/governmental problems seem like they're making those problems worse due to actively rechanneling energy that could be used for awareness/activism into technical workarounds.
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Re:Think of the Children: How to Force Real ID for All Inter... by andunie on Monday June 22, 2026 @05:36PM (#48636551)
voting is just a suggestion from a slave to the master
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Re:Think of the Children: How to Force Real ID for All Inter... by oska on Saturday June 20, 2026 @06:09AM (#48608002)
I completely agree with you, and it's strange to see you downvoted on a technical forum

Technology is what has always precipitated political change

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Re:Think of the Children: How to Force Real ID for All Inter... by chadgpt3 on Saturday June 20, 2026 @06:47AM (#48608203)
Which technology caused the French revolution?
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Re:Think of the Children: How to Force Real ID for All Inter... by krapp on Saturday June 20, 2026 @06:53AM (#48608247)
The printing press and the guillotine.
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Re:Think of the Children: How to Force Real ID for All Inter... by chadgpt3 on Saturday June 20, 2026 @07:06AM (#48608319)
Before that they didn't know how to kill people?
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Re:Think of the Children: How to Force Real ID for All Inter... by krapp on Saturday June 20, 2026 @07:12AM (#48608355)
Yes. Before that they didn't know how to kill people.
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Re:Think of the Children: How to Force Real ID for All Inter... by seanhunter on Saturday June 20, 2026 @12:09PM (#48610310)
So the guillotine (15th century [1]) and printing press (invented in 1440) [2] precipitated the French Revolution (1789)[3]?

It’s a theory for sure.

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

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution

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