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I can't. The noblemen and church always wanted to control the masses. The only thing that changed is we don't call them noblemen anymore and church doesn't do it openly anymore.
They'll tell you anything to make you believe they're controlling you for your own good.
If they didn't understand what's wrong with the proposal, they wouldn't add an exception for politicians.
That's funny, because the only people who should have their private messages scanned are politicians because in theory they serve all of us and there's no other control mechanism for the masses.
But somehow it ends up they being secretive and our private lives shared with them (and let's be honest, most of the CSAM is from rich people and there's a curious overlap between rich people and top politicians).
Yeeeeah, you'll excuse me if I'm not on board with "representative democracy is bad, actually". Screw that crap, that's how you get Trumps winning elections.
Get chat control shut down by all means, but I have no patience for the tin foil hat paranoia being weaponized to legitimize authoritarians and fascists.