• NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Or we could just emphatically say no. Do you think governments exist in a vacuum? They exist to serve the peoples interests, not the other way around.

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      9 months ago

      Of course they don’t.

      But you have to contend with the fact that the overwhelming majority of people are apathetic or in favor of these kind of measures.

      The morality police of the Christian right are campaigning for this. Many moderates don’t care.

      If it’s coming, and it is, we should be sure to be part of a solution that makes it at least somewhat private.

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        9 months ago

        But you have to contend with the fact that the overwhelming majority of people are apathetic or in favor of these kind of measures.

        That’s not even true.