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> We certainly need decentralized systems that cannot be controlled by EU, US, or any government/entity.

No, not really. A World with controlled controllers is better than a world without any control. See the awful space which is the crypto community ATM. EU and US so far are fair and tame (to their own citizen). They are not always good, but not bad. And that's fair enough for any decent citizen.

Though, part of this deal is that we take control on when they go too far, and do stupid things. Which seems to be the case in this case, because of which we push against it, because that's how we hope to get a healthy world.

> Privacy is a human right.

So is security. It's all about balancing interests and abilities.

> whereas the real motivation is to control people's freedom of speech and communication even though they will 100% deny it.

That smells like QAnon-level of conspiracy BS.

> Anyone who is really into something illegal will use something alternative anyway.

No, they are not. The majority of criminals are not some organized super villains. They are usually also depending on the same tools and networks as everyone else. And they are also just flawed humans, making errors.




> > whereas the real motivation is to control people's freedom of speech and communication even though they will 100% deny it.

> That smells like QAnon-level of conspiracy BS.

Are you familiar with a country called China?


"All leaders want their countries to be like China" is conspiracy BS, yes.




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