Just vassal states doing vassal things.
this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2026
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Not a word on this in the regime media
Surveillance-capitalism is the new norm. Don't wait for regulation--it won't arrive. Protect your own computers with libre-software. Don't use their services.
Sounds like the kinda thing we ought to have refendums for but let's not pretend we have actual democracy.
"EU member states approve..." Always this vague wording so as to imply some sort of democracy. It's the EU oligarchy that has approved this.
Could they claim "EU citizens approve..."? Of course not.
Fuck the EU oligarchy, and even more fuck the EU sheep citizens that don't rebel against this. You get what you silently accept.
rebel against this?
Nobody even knows this happened
True that!!
Guess the U.S. isn’t the only place where it works.
Never has been
Only americans are surprised by this. GDPR is worthless, EU is a clown show, we didn't even vote for.
Nah. You sound like you have no clue what the EU is.
This new AI regulation is bad, but the EU is the biggest consumer protection agency on the planet.
If you didnt know this, dont comment about it.
it's a bunch of fascists and US fascist bootlickers
You are confusing the EU with the EU Member States.
The EU does not have decisive powers over any Member States army.
They do regulatory work. Which has been great for consumers. This AI thing is a blow, I agree, but it doesnt wash out anything they did before that for the people.
Hah! Welcome to Europe, contemporary fascism! Time to bid farewell to all of your rights and freedoms, Europeans. We need to do this to win. Win what, you ask? Super-profits for the bourgeoisie, of course, under whose dictatorship we all already live. Shit's getting fucked in record time. Prepare for increased austerity and violent repression of dissent. Prepare for war. Prepare for famine, prepare for deteriorating ecology. Prepare for death. We are never voting our way out of this.
This is a joke right , it’s not legit right?
I would never put "doing things that are contrary to normal peoples' well-being" past the greedy and indifferent assholes in Brussels.
what is a joke? do you think ewwwrope is what bro? dont you see that's where fascism was born, where it was kepts, nurtured and sheltered until today? don't you see ewwwrope being fucked by us interests?
Wait so is it the EU broadly or EU member states acting individually?
"Parts of EU decision-making are being captured by corporate interests" lol, have these guys had their head in the sand for 70 years or what?