WilsonSmith
@WilsonSmith@c.im  ·  activity timestamp last week
@dangillmor AGENT ORANGE THE BLOVIATED UNLETTERED FASCIST AND WANNABE MOB BOSS NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM POWER !

All it would take is at least 3.5% of the population to take to the streets grind the economy and governance to a halt thus making it too expensive for the ruling class NOT to yield power back to the people !

https://tinyurl.com/3-5perToAffectChange
HTPC NZ
@htpcnz@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week
@dangillmor how is this is new? Felon isn't the first or will be the last US leader to use their power to oppress and punish legitimate overseas governments who don't conform to their goals or worldviews. Only difference now is he isn't trying to hide it behind a bs made up reason and likely future US leaders will openly do the same than wasting extra effort and money on propaganda.
Rafa
@rafa@piaille.fr  ·  activity timestamp last week
@dangillmor As far as I know, unlike Canada (due to NAFTA and USMCA), Brazil's IP laws only implements the minimum requirements from WTO's TRIPS agreement. So there is less leeway to make changes without also receiving retaliation from other members of the WTO.

At best Lula can expand the use of exceptions to TRIPS, like is already done with pharmaceutical goods, but the opportunities are limited.
OvertonDoors
@OvertonDoors@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp last week
@dangillmor

Big Tech is in bed with #BRICS. It's why blue-chip tech is so willing to push foreword with all the user antagonistic features they have in the past two years. It's why they so blithely dismiss rule of law respecting places like the EU and Canada.

Blue chip tech companies are not worried about Brazil cutting into their profits because the've already brokered the terms of engagement between their respective syndicates. It's a textbook case of #rackiteering