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Really proud of this result; the failsafe once again has done its job against heavy lobbying.

There was so much misinformation around mostly due to lack of technical understanding (e.g. "it's a digital passport!") and the (yellow) press heavily pushed for a yes.

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It was painfully obvious that heavy lobbying was involved... I was amazed how that problem somehow was never addressed by the opponents.

In my very own experience in a very different country I found if a mouthpiece tries to tell you what to do or think, as a first approximation it is better to do the exact opposite. People usually don't need to be told to look out for their own interests and thus no one pays for it.

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