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Re:A spambot became the second most powerful member of an It... by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @04:09PM (#8139056)
By voting? Civil disobedience isn't the only path to changing laws; it just speeds it up sometimes.
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Re:A spambot became the second most powerful member of an It... by vdaniuk on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @04:37PM (#8139254)
Voting is playing by the rules of the system. The world is changing too fast now to use that a reliable strategy.
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Re:A spambot became the second most powerful member of an It... by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @04:55PM (#8139362)
Civil disobedience doesn't do anything permanent, unless it results in changes in law.
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Re:A spambot became the second most powerful member of an It... by EGreg on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @06:08PM (#8139801)
The issue here is the rules of a human system are in danger of being subverted by people wielding massive computing power.
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Re:A spambot became the second most powerful member of an It... by pjc50 on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @06:53AM (#8141861)
This doesn't work when the issue is voter suppression. Also, "tyranny of the majority" is a real issue in race relations.
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