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Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of journalists, activists

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Re: Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of journalists, activists

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> what does it mean to not “allow” a law? Voting against any politicians who contribute to its passing, even if they're from your preferred political party.

Little evidence for this strategy's efficacy. Single-issue voting doesn't carry a lot of weight and in many cases other candidates would be equally supportive of the policy. As I often point out, surveillance is bad but so is child abuse and complaining about surveillance without acknowledging that is a good way to get ignored.

Single-issue voting in the primaries can be extremely effective. Case in point is how the NRA electorate dominates Republican primaries, even though the majority of Republicans actually support various gun control proposals (e.g. AWB).

Re: Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of journalists, activists

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> in democracies citizens are potential voters, foreigners don't matter Not long ago, what determined whether you "mattered" or not was your religion and belief. We now replaced it with a state issued piece of paper and convinced ourselves that this is progress.

I’m not following. Are you saying citizenship replaced religion and it functions in the same way as religion did for empires and kingdoms of yesteryear?

It functions in the same way in a sense that it's the current criteria for "acceptable" dehumanization.
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