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by ryandrake 7 days ago
Being against mass-surveillance should be a bipartisan struggle. Given our political polarization, each side is highly distrustful about what "the other side" will do with mass amounts of data about their side. This should be a cause that unites everyone.
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We do have some bipartisan initiatives, it’s just that they are not news worthy. Take for example the initial push for banning TikTok. It had unprecedented bipartisan support.
All the evil shit (war, funding genocide, mass surveillance, privacy invasions or curtailing free speech in the name of protecting children) nearly always has bipartisan support.
In my state (Iowa), a bill making animal abuse a felony had bipartisan support, and went into effect a few weeks ago.

Not everything need be so cynical.

Having binged on a bunch of modern British detective fiction in the last year or so - Rhys Dylan as an example. The reliance on cameras in society, yes it is fiction, but there is also truth is an interesting thing in terms of what a society accepts.
Indeed, I'm happy too see the majority of people are united on this issue.
Pretty much anything libertarians are for has bipartisan opposition, so at least we have some unity there.
I've seen Trump 2024 voters go to No Kings in 2026 because they fear being the victim of federal overreach as in ICE.