On: The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever

[strulovich]

Those single issue voters are the not present in many other countries besides the US.

This might show that the right arguments and lobbying can turn what is not a big political debate into a wedge over time.

[smt88 → strulovich]

> the right arguments and lobbying

Firearms and abortion became The Issue for so many single-issue voters because of well-funded, relentless fear-mongering.

You can do the same thing with tech privacy, but you're going to have to "play dirty" to accomplish the same thing, and it's going to take decades.

It's also important to note that abortion successfully tied itself into religion, which is not something you're going to be able to do with cryptography.

[raziel2p → strulovich]

they absolutely are - you'll find plenty of voters in Europe who care about nothing other than immigration, for example.

[strulovich → raziel2p]

I’m not saying there’s no single issue voters, just that the single issues are not universal and depend on culture and geography.