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>Regulations are needed

Lolololol. No, not regulations. Regulators. With the people we currently have voted into office in the US the only regulations we are going to get are ones saying Sam and Peter must look at everything you do all the time.

Until we stop voting for more authoritarianism, expect ever increasing amounts of authoritarianism.

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I would argue the only thing that does stop current situation from snowballing into something much worse are pre-existing institutions and regulations.

That's also why dismantling and challenging these is often the very first priority for authoritarian actors.

I think it was clear what they meant.

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