Comment on For Spain’s Sánchez, the fight against tech billionaires is personal

flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• aka_@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  So does the government ban the news from criticizing them just because they’re not anonymous? That’s not the way it works in the EU. You’re very lost it would seem…

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  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s not the way it works in the EU

    Not yet. Because they don’t have the mechanism.

    And it’s not about Sánchez and his government. I don’t think they would do it. But governments change, sooner or later someone else will win elections. Someone who might not agree with criticism.

    And don’t try to convince me “it would never happen in the EU”. We have more than enough examples that eventually every country has a brush with authoritarianism. Even in the EU currently (eg Hungary). Prevention is always better than trying to fix it later.

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    • aka_@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      “Not yet”

      Spain was a dictatorship until the 70s and transitioned into a democracy without anonymous internet shitposting. The USA was a functioning democracy and transitioned into a shithole with anonymous internet shitposting.

      Anonymous internet shitposting fixes nothing, it only damages the social fabric and pollutes the public discourse. That’s why foreign actors love to weaponize it.

      Being a citizen of a free country comes with responsibilities: paying taxes, voting, expressing your opinions sensibly. Anonymous internet shitposting advances zero democratic values, it’s simply a great channel for conducting international destabilization campaigns.

      It. Fixes. Nothing.

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      • merde@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Can you sign that comment with your real name and address to be an example for all of us? Don’t forget to add your phone number.

        We will of course need proof, so attaching a scan of your id would be a step towards It.Fixing.Something.

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      • Railcar8095@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I think that shit poster strawman deserves a promotion after how much you abused it.

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    • teft@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Literally spain too. That whole Francoist Spain thing only ended in 1975.

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      • aka_@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yes, and not thanks to the internet.

        You know the things started happening everywhere from 2015 on or so though?

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