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MrBuddyCasinotoday at 2:25 AM1 replyview on HN

> Isn't the state the expression of the people's will?

Just recently HN discussed the „ban anonymity on the internet“ initiatives of various governments and who was behind it because nobody wants that. Certainly not the citizens.


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oezitoday at 6:32 AM

The issue is that citizens issue ambiguous wills. They don't want kids to be able to look at porn, they don't want hate speech online, they don't want to be IDed online. Politicians try to square those competing wills.

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