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It's the right choice: don't bow to government pressure, let the people pressure the government.
How? In the UK, there's no right to bear arms, so people are pretty helpless against their oppressing government.
Just ask Russia and Ukraine.
Look around, human beings are quite clever.
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>> In the UK, there's no right to bear arms, so people are pretty helpless against their oppressing government. There's a right to bear arms in the US and it doesn't seem to be helping them with their oppressive government.
Look into the Black Panthers. It actually does work quite effectively.
Their biggest success as far as I know is starting free school lunches in the US, but that wasn't at gunpoint.
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Why do pro-privacy tech folks on here act like Apple is some charity? Apple is a business. It won't fight a citizen's fight on your behalf. It is on citizens to use their democratic power to ensure their representatives act as the voting base wants. Apple's goal is to make money. The government is a representation of your will.
> Apple is a business. It won't fight a citizen's fight on your behalf. Being a business does not remove ethical considerations. And I’m an environment where corporations are considered people, it seems reasonable to expect some degree of alignment with normal citizens. > Apple's goal is to make money. The government is a representation of your will. The government is increasingly not a representation of the collecti…
Ok, I am not very technical. Can someone help me understand this. I don't have Advanced data Protection on. Does that mean UK Gov can see my data now?
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Why do pro-privacy tech folks on here act like Apple is some charity? Apple is a business. It won't fight a citizen's fight on your behalf. It is on citizens to use their democratic power to ensure their representatives act as the voting base wants. Apple's goal is to make money. The government is a representation of your will.
> Apple is a business. It won't fight a citizen's fight on your behalf. Being a business does not remove ethical considerations. And I’m an environment where corporations are considered people, it seems reasonable to expect some degree of alignment with normal citizens. > Apple's goal is to make money. The government is a representation of your will. The government is increasingly not a representation of the collecti…
People always get this wrong. Corporations are not people. They just have certain rights like owning property. Corporate personhood != full personhood.