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Remember that Chat control has gone through vote through directly elected parliament like any other legislation.

The next election is in 2029. I suggest you show up instead of spreading fabrications online.

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Please don't post flamebait or engage in ideological battle on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> People are only allowed to vote on pre-defined options that are decided entirely in private

That’s democracy in its purest form.

True. Just like the famous democracy of north korea, china or russia! ;)

Well yeah. And also the US, the UK or Nazi Germany. That’s what democracy looks like in reality.

The elitism of direct democracy is a mystery to me, especially in the case of the US where it is not technically direct and the powers and role of the president are deeply modelled after those of the British crown of the times

Trump was elected by the electors, not by the people. Not entirely dissimilar from how VDL was elected.