• Gsus4@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Do they have this saying in France: “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater” ? These days, everyone seems so intent on breaking what we have that at the end I’m not sure what we’re going to have left.

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      1 year ago

      Or how about “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?” It’s not like the internet has suddenly changed. It’s basically been the same for decades in terms of ease of access to content. They say it’s to combat fraud, harassment and protect children. Who was doing that in the 90s? Who was doing that in the 2010s? No one. Society didn’t collapse. Children didn’t turn into depraved fiends when they grew up. What changed?