In my country, both sides of the political aisle are banking HARD on the shift in US politics being a minor and temporary aberration and that it’s better to just keep things moving as smoothly as possible while Trump is pope/kaiser/button-haver. No way, will we see any moves towards less reliance on the US here.
I think it bears considering that the farmers’ work was directly connected to their own survival and welfare. They didn’t have to sit through meetings on the Company’s new ”values” or do telemarketing for pump and dump AI or crypto scams, while the world burns.
They may have had it harder, but many of the most sadistic forms of existential anguish, and lack of meaning, had yet to be invented.
Honestly, it feels more sinister. Sure, they say they want to eliminate this privacy tool because children could use it to watch porn, but realistically they’re not a fan of anybody using a VPN.