Whoever wants to compel you for information will add financial/mental/physical pressure until you no longer wish to remain silent. That’s true in democratic governments, stories/history tells us it’s worse in autocratic ones.
You have the right to remain silent… the question is whether you can with external pressure.
It’s not a poll of Republicans, it’s a poll of the US public and there’s upticks in both camps.
To the rest of the world, it’s not the United States of Republicans that are threatening Greenland and Canada, tearing up their own trade agreements, and shitting on allies. It’s the United States of America.
Pointing at the other internal camp and implying ‘It’s not us, it’s them’ might help US residents sleep at night but it does nothing on the world stage.
Upvotes = relevance to topic and visibility. They don’t necessarily mean that people agree with the topic.
Not always true; I was quite disappointed with the lack of labia options in Cyberpunk 2077.
Correct, it’s a concern everywhere. I’ll still lean towards stable countries as a host as the risk is lower.
It’s a Lemmy instance, not the secret to world peace. Very few individuals on this planet would undergo any applied compliance pressure from a government agency just for others to continue using a self-hosted social media instance. Appealing in court and following the legal process? Sure, if you can get the time off work and can take the financial hit. Facing threats of raids, arrests, deportation, etc? That’s magnitudes tougher.
It wouldn’t be reasonable for us to expect John from down the road to prioritise keeping their Lemmy instance up over whatever is happening locally at the time that impacts them. It’s easier for everyone, including potential hosts in unstable countries, to sign up to instances where the risk is lower.