[2OEH8eoCRo0]

Are they gullible or pragmatic? I appreciate the concern here but at the end of the day these laws hardly affect the average Joe so why should he care? There is some wisdom in not worring about future hypotheticals until they actually happen.

[outime]

>Are they gullible or pragmatic?

Gullible. Pragmatic would be a person who doesn't worry about completely made up things - not the case.

>these laws hardly affect the average Joe so why should he care

That's where I completely disagree and I encourage you to read more about how this is an overreach. I won't link anything specific to prevent nitpicking but googling "chat control summary" should bring some ideas at least.

>There is some wisdom in not worring about future hypotheticals until they actually happen

Well this isn't a hypothetical, it's another step towards overreach and should be at least exposed. It's literally the boiling frog apologue [1]. When it actually happens we may already be burned alive - metaphorically speaking, hopefully - and there won't be much else left to do.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

> Pragmatic would be a person who doesn't worry about completely made up things - not the case.

They are completely made up things though. As an example: Climate change is not made up since it is affecting us now. Assuming what a future government might do is purely hypothetical though. I could draw a hypothetical that these laws will create world peace and stop nuclear war with the same amount of authority. Both are possible.