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Flirting with Trump is flirting with Nazism - Response to Andy Yen (CEO of Proton AG) on Reddit ๐Ÿ“ข๐Ÿ“ข๐Ÿ“ข (lemmy.ml)
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https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2ff6q/call_for_andy_yen_to_resign/

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[โ€“] 9 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

That was probably their thought too. However, they have misjudged the Lemmy (and I think reddit) population on this, and I would argue that worse than the initial comment is the absolute lack of recognition (in follow up comments) that what they said could be taken as an endorsement of a government that is trying to actively harm a significant portion of the US Proton users.

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  • [โ€“] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think he actually acknowledged that fact in later comments. Anyway, this is a far smaller sin than all the stuff people are creatively accusing him of.

    Apparently now he is a Nazi, and I think this case was the last nail in the coffin for me to think that political discourse can exist.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 2 years ago

    If it helps, most people don't follow politics at all. And their votes are based on very little knowledge of what they are voting for.

    I'm still a believer that if you put people in a room together instead of online, you'd get both sides of the aisle agreeing on 95% of things, once each side had a chance to explain their viewpoint (and made sure google was available to settle most disputes).

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