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I'm on the fence of whether I am for or against this. It's strictly against privacy. Bad.
But if this passes, it might give me a good reason to just opt out of social media altogether. Might be good for me. ๐โโ๏ธ
Edit: this was meant as tongue-in-cheek. Sorry if it was unclear.
You are aware you can opt out of social media without losing your rights, yes?
Itโs like saying โItโs good that android is degrading now I can finally quit using smartphones meanwhile the government and corporations makes having one more mandatory.โ
I have no smartphone and I am afraid of having one being mandatory.
This is why forced digital ids must be opposed every step of the way.
Yeah, it was meant as tongue-in-cheek.
The problem is if they try and implement this at an operating system level like some US states are doing
Duh.
This would just make it easier.
But I still don't want this. This was mostly tongue-in-cheek. I guess it was unclear, judging by the votes lol.
It isnโt just against privacy. The rich and powerful are trying to control the narrative, in essence what people know about the world. They want to make it to where only their truth is available to you. Itโs very inconvenient to them that a bunch of them got caught diddling kids and they donโt want to get caught again. Theyโre absolutely not going to stop doing it, but they want to limit who can tell you when they do it and just pay those people off.
My comment was tongue-in-cheek.
But I'm not sure I follow you here: this wave of proposals does mean trouble on many levels, but how does limiting the younger part of the world from accessing social media limit what truth is available to me regarding what the rich and powerful are up to?
I thought it went without saying, but, okay.
Why is religion so successful? It's because of early indoctrination. Religion wouldn't be successful without it because adults can see it's a scam. So you sell it to kids who don't know any better and they grow up believing it. Then they're kinda stuck with it.
Likewise, the Trump-Epstein class don't like how we have all kinds of sources that can report on the bad shit they do. You only let kids access the news through controlled sources, they grow up trusting those sources.
They are also attempting to funnel adults through the approved sources as well, they're just doing it in other measures. Why do you think they're jacking up the prices of computers and phones? They don't want you looking there. They want you looking at the TV and listening to the radio, where they control what you see.
It doesn't seem that serious now, but it will in 10-15 years if they have their way. It's a long con.
Okay, this sounds like you're low-key trying to tell me I'm slow. :โ -โ P
Very interesting theory, though. Definitely sounds dangerous in the long-run.