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[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It's not a government obsession. It is capitalisms — surveillance capitalisms — obsession. Our governments are almost entirely corrupted by capitalist interests. Their success IS "national security".

An authoritarian/fascist dictatorship was always the guaranteed end goal of the military industrial complex, secret police, the monetization of attention, and I fear capitalism in general.

[–] Sundiata@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Vpns requiring age verification to use soon:

https://mastodon.online/@mullvadnet/116087059413472819

Age Verification of Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Android:

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/california-enacts-digital-age-3957871/

What most of these sick fucks really want:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/germanys-merz-calls-real-names-211340863.html

Decade of the Linux Desktop & Old/Federated Web

Alot of idiots will lie down and take it because they have "nothing to hide",

I won't and you shouldn't either.

Mass boycotts are going to have to become a normalized thing.