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Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now

(threema.ch)
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darby_nine ◴[18 Jun 24 09:28 UTC] No.40715654[source]▶
I find it somewhat disturbing that this sort of thing is not considered a career killer for politicians.
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Semaphor ◴[18 Jun 24 09:30 UTC] No.40715673[source]▶
Almost nothing is. Local politicians fail upwards to the EU (at least in Germany) or some private job, if they fail at all. Most of the time, you can do what you want, and the voters don’t care.
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lukan ◴[18 Jun 24 09:47 UTC] No.40715764[source]▶
"and the voters don’t care."

Then why did so many vote extremist anti EU? There just has been EU election in germany and the nationalist gained a lot. And none of the big parties otherwise said a clear no to that, so what could I do, except vote a small party against that, but too small to really do something?

Voters care. But they see often no point in voting anymore.

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1. account42 ◴[19 Jun 24 08:33 UTC] No.40726146[source]▶
Most people probably don't even know the EU policies of the candidates they are voting for and are just going by national party lines. Why nationalist parties are winning when the current and previous governments have been going full steam ahead in the other direction while ignoring the entirely valid concerns of the populance should surprise no one.