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> If your position is unpopular with your friends, then it's because you think the law is more important than the entire society it's supposed to protect.

Totally agree. This is unfortunately a very authoritarian world of view that is not uncommon.




This has mothing to do with authoritarianism. Upholding the law itself is important. If everybody ignores the law all the time you'll have a pretty shitty society.

The Brazilian people have a clear option, vote for officials who have no problem with communication encryption. The solution is not to circumvent the parliamentary democratic process.


Nobody is going to question a law that nobody is willing to defy. And then you'll also end up with a shitty society.




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