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34 points giuliomagnifico | 3 comments | 07 Dec 25 17:29 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bediger4000 ◴[07 Dec 25 17:37 UTC] No.46183441[source]▶
Tit-for-tat, justifiable maybe in terms of a simple understanding of game theory, but not justifiable in terms of looking like you're cooperating with authorities.

Another red flag that Musk considers himself a ruler, and not merely a leader, which is after all, just a citizen.

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NotGMan[dead post] ◴[07 Dec 25 17:50 UTC] No.46183532[source]▶
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cinntaile ◴[07 Dec 25 19:01 UTC] No.46184114[source]▶
The law definitely was voted for. Enforcing the law obviously doesn't require additional voting.
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nsoqm ◴[07 Dec 25 20:09 UTC] No.46184678{3}[source]▶
It was? I'm a citizen of the EU and I don't remember the DSA referendum. Maybe I was out that day.
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arielcostas ◴[07 Dec 25 21:42 UTC] No.46185462[source]▶
We the europeans voted a group of MEPs, who voted to approve such regulation. Or do you also vote every single law your country passes?
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nsoqm ◴[07 Dec 25 21:48 UTC] No.46185515[source]▶
No, but I don’t pretend the process is democratic.
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happymellon ◴[07 Dec 25 22:04 UTC] No.46185675[source]▶
Thats fair enough if you don't know what democracy is.
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CamperBob2 ◴[07 Dec 25 23:03 UTC] No.46186266{3}[source]▶
Democracy gets you a Donald Trump. Twice. How much democracy can you take?
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1. happymellon ◴[08 Dec 25 06:59 UTC] No.46189256{4}[source]▶
Not sure what your point is.
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2. CamperBob2 ◴[08 Dec 25 17:00 UTC] No.46194704[source]▶
The point is that there is nothing magical or inherently virtuous about democracy. It's always been the best of a bad lot of alternatives, but that was before social media made it possible for bad-faith actors to exploit it so effectively.

Giving stupid people the same political power as everyone else has always been a bad idea, and now it amounts to a suicide pact.

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3. happymellon ◴[08 Dec 25 22:01 UTC] No.46198245[source]▶
I didn't say there was.

The ggpp just didn't know what democracy was.