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verisimi[dead post] ◴[] No.44474902[source]
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miohtama ◴[] No.44474939[source]
Sweden is the country where

- They want to block VPNs https://bestreviews.net/sweden-the-next-country-to-ban-vpn-s...

- Their MEPs want to crack down end to end encrypted chats https://mullvad.net/en/blog/the-european-commission-does-not...

- They want to backdoor chats https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/signal-exit-swede...

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1. _zoltan_ ◴[] No.44475375[source]
doesn't sound very nice tbh. yet people complain about just about any other country and somehow western Europe is idolized.
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2. verisimi ◴[] No.44479212[source]
It shouldn't be idolised. Engineering people to love government is not a good thing. Americans are more free in practise than Europeans. The simplest way to see this is gun rights - Amrericans are allowed guns whereas the only corrective mechanism europeans have is to expound on how benign the governments are. Which is akin to the Chinese or N. Koreans expressing love for their 'dear leader'. But somehow, most europeans look down on the Chinese and US model.