84% Of Americans Want Tougher Online Privacy Laws, But Congress Is Too Corrupt To Follow Through
84% Of Americans Want Tougher Online Privacy Laws, But Congress Is Too Corrupt To Follow Through
Americans are, apparently, tired of having every last shred of personal data over-collected, hyper monetized, then improperly secured by a rotating crop of ethics-optional corporations and lazy exe…
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Republicans have such a fucking easy job.
Run on "Government doesn't work! We need less of it!" and then once you have the job, do fucking nothing except obstruct, obstruct, obstruct to make sure jack shit gets done so you can turn around and say "See, the government doesn't work, we need to get rid of it!"
And for the cost, they get to retire with nice government pensions and better healthcare than any of their voters will ever see.
I hate this fucking planet.
This is not just a partisan issue. As the article points out, its been like this for 30 years. The Dems failed to pass any meaningful legislation too.
It's because it makes gobs of money that both parties are taking, and it also kind of projects US power to other countries since US tech is doing most of the data collection.
The only Dem I know who even bothers to talk about this stuff is our local senator Ron Wyden. Apart from that, most seem satisfied with the status quo.
It just doesn't resonate with voters.
I think many voters "feel" tech getting junky, but the connection to why is just way too complicated for most to dig into. It's not a direct line like tipping waiters or getting abortions.
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What does that have to do with internet privacy legislation?
Relax bidey-bro, this thread is about data privacy laws, not general stuff. The only relevant one I’m aware of is DMCA, which was in fact signed into law by Bill Clinton.
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@SteveFromMySpace @crusa187@lemmy.ml
I just immediately block people who use terms like bidey-bro.
Life it too short and my feed is too long.
As if surrounding yourself in an echo chamber of sycophants is the better solution. It sure works well for MAGA folks.
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Great analogy but how does that even remotely apply to this scenario where you replied to someone else's comment and then didn't like the response followed by someone telling you to just block people when they aren't part of your in-group of folks who think exactly like you?
This is social media not a dinner party and this is exactly how people wind up in social media echo chambers.
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Seems pretty sleazy if you're the one instigating the challenge and then running away by blocking someone if they respond to you. Furthermore, you created an entire strawman argument with your initial reply as if the Democratic party is filled with a bunch of saints that are above reproach. This is exactly what MAGA supporters do when people criticize Trump which is why I bring up sycophants and echo chambers because that's exactly how those people wound up in the state they're in.
I'm with Shepard on this one, even if he's being a jerk about it.
Lemmy is a filter bubble, an echo chamber. You miss information that would be personally important to you, but is excluded because it doesn't fit with the US Democrat party line, and the very specific part of it Lemmy's politically active base likes.
Like, I'm a raging Trump hater, but I'm kind of aghast at how many knee jerk reactions (like, to me, your original reply) I get when I imply something vaguely critical about the Democrats.
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Demonizing spaces for like minded people to congregate doesn’t solve that.
If this is a polite way of saying "go somewhere else to lightly criticize democrats," I don't accept that. I can at least hope Lemmy can do better, and try to change it.
Of course having a good information diet is critical. But that's besides the point? I don't think this thread would be a thing if all our information diets were great.
There’s not any meaningful data to say whether it’s a partisan issue or not. Except for a very brief time at the beginning of Obama’s first term the Dems have not had control of both chambers of Congress. And those majorities were razor thin with people like Joe Lieberman and Joe Manchin. About the only data we have is during Trump’s term when the GOP controlled Congress for two years and did shit. Beyond that, you can only look at rhetoric (since the GOP also didn’t have sole control of Congress either for much of recent history outside 2016-2018).
And for the cost, they get to retire with nice government pensions and better healthcare than any of their voters will ever see.
They get way more than just that if they are good little piggies for the ownership class. They get "advisory" positions and board membership that give massive salaries for doing fuck-all as they already did their "job" in government. Totes not a bribe of course, because technicallyyyyy....
Hence, why they call folks who actually want to make government do stuff "rubes" back home.