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0 pointsphs318u1y ago0 comments

> Now everyone uses the internet and most people don’t care about their own freedoms ...

Honestly, you can leave it right there. No need to add " wrt how they interact with technology".

I'd add that most people aren't even aware of their own freedoms or the value of those freedoms. Civics education is probably at its lowest point (globally). A lot of people are only aware of the heavily "interpreted" version of those specific rights that they are constantly beaten over the head about by vested interests via old and new media.

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dartos1y ago

I was thinking about leaving it there, but I think if you asked someone flat out about their freedoms, they’d care.

In practice it’s, apparently, hard to notice when they’re under attack.

BrenBarn1y ago

Well, they may say they care, but their actions are often not aligned with that.

dartos1y ago

While you’re not wrong, you have to keep in mind that there are actors who try very deliberately to hide the fact that they are removing freedoms.

Most people aren’t on the lookout for every reduction in freedom and, at least in the US, we have surprisingly few institutional and/or powerful guards against the erosion of freedoms.

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0 pointsphs318u1y ago0 comments

> Now everyone uses the internet and most people don’t care about their own freedoms ...

Honestly, you can leave it right there. No need to add " wrt how they interact with technology".

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dartos1y ago

I was thinking about leaving it there, but I think if you asked someone flat out about their freedoms, they’d care.

In practice it’s, apparently, hard to notice when they’re under attack.

BrenBarn1y ago

Well, they may say they care, but their actions are often not aligned with that.

dartos1y ago

While you’re not wrong, you have to keep in mind that there are actors who try very deliberately to hide the fact that they are removing freedoms.

Most people aren’t on the lookout for every reduction in freedom and, at least in the US, we have surprisingly few institutional and/or powerful guards against the erosion of freedoms.

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