• @WhatAmLemmy
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      231 year ago

      Because we live in capitalist oligarchies masquerading as “democracies”.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      Because the US government is run by like 80 year old boomers who don’t even know how to use a cell phone, let alone regulate data collection.

      • @j4k3
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        61 year ago

        Not exactly. The nonsense right wing rage politics is a denial of service attack that has not been effectively countered in many decades. The USA has a tenth of the laws, protections, and regulations of any western country. The goal of the stupid politics is distraction. No effective discussion is possible when everyone is playing whack a mole. This is the entire strategy. It is very simple and effective. The goal is simply to keep all of the loopholes open so the parasitic billionaires can steal all the wealth and pay nothing for it. They have bought the government by playing the long game. We live in a neo feudal state as a result. Freedom and democracy are an illusion.