bamboozeell

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by bamboozeell 3y ago
>No one knows except the deciding party since someone else decided that you do not get to evaluate whether it is precious. Yet there are plenty of other ways to get "data", that until recently were the only ways to get data,
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by bamboozeell 3y ago
What's so precious about "data"? I don't argue that "things are missing" when the postal service refuses to carry certian things, or when shops refuse to stock certain items, or so on. These are restrictions im
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by bamboozeell 3y ago
I'm arguing in defence of limiting external data inputs, not filtering by "misinformation".
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by bamboozeell 3y ago
>Where did I say you said that? In your previous comment: >>Would you want physical borders defended by locking all the citizens in as well? The answer is no, but I don't know on what basis you asked the question. Unless, that
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by bamboozeell 3y ago
>"limit who can influence" is a form of control. Sure is, and govenments also control what kinds of goods can be sold to me, what kind of transport I may drive, places and buildings I may enter, and so on. Are you advocating fo
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by bamboozeell 3y ago
Where did I say that is how I think physical borders should be defended? In any case, even in a largely "free" country, I'm not entirely free to leave when and to where I might want.
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by bamboozeell 3y ago
You mis-read. I think a government has a responsibility to limit who can influence what I (and those around me) decide to do/say/think, whether that's through maintaining a physical border, implementing domestic law and order
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by bamboozeell 3y ago
Yes, in that they don't allow unfettered access to the internet outside their borders. As a soverign nation who cares for their citizens' state of mind as well as physical security, why would you not do this in addition to defendi
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by bamboozeell 3y ago
You want to give any pseudoanonymous actor in the world access to the thoughts and desires of anyone else - you got it! Thanks Big Tech! Honestly, China has more like the right approach when it comes to allowing its citizens access to the i