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by wtfstatists 3002 days ago
What are you going to do when decentralization/encryption/etc itself become illegal ?
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When using Tor becomes illegal, then I'll know we're completely fucked.

On a side note: it will be interesting to see if tighter government regulation has any impact on the popularity of the dark web.

"If you outlaw freedom, only outlaws will have freedom."

Mass disobedience is probably the only way.

Ask the Chinese
How well has the War on Drugs worked?
Ask the people arrested and jailed for posession of cannabis. I mean, both you and the parent comment are right: we, the people, shall resist; but we, the people, must also do our best to prevent such legislation come to pass.
Yes, I agree.

My point was that marijuana has remained popular in the US, despite several decades of draconian suppression. But perhaps people won't care so much about freedom of expression online.

As a tool of social engineering? It’s been a huge success.

I hope no one thinks it was ever about minimising drug addiction and the organised corruption that feeds off it.

(See also: Gary Webb, private for-profit jails, etc.)