Message from @Dionysus
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and open to privatizing many state entities
Only the ones that are not turning a profit
I'm not in favor of a full privatization since i view the state run industries who can turn a profit as a way to cut down on taxes, like Petrobrás for example, the problem is that the corrupt administration of PT and their allies have pretty much robbed it into edge of bankrupcy, but i hope that with Bolsonaro in the office and Sérgio Moro as the minister of justice, they will manage to recover most, if not all of the stolen cash and pay the debts of Petrobrás and a sizeable part of the debts of our country
our elections are coming up in May
Where are you from?
India
And how are things going in the realm of politics there?
its good, we elected our right-wing populist in 2014
Nice
before there was even a term such as - right wing populist
isn't your gouvernment incompetent in the Internet things?
they've done pretty well, imo
I heard you made a law that companys have to allow access?
what access ?
Internet Companys have to give the Gouvernment Access to their stuff is what I've heard
not that I've heard of
except that companies like whatsapp have to keep their data in servers within the country
which is standard security measure
its also possible that whatsapp might co-operate with law enforcement
Hm, might want to look into that as some people/media outlets claim that the Companys have to allow the Gouvernment access to their services
just heard it today on Level1 Tech News
here a timed link
what I like is how they fucked over Walmart (and kinda Amazon as well)
The same laws exist here in Brazil aswell, they've been there for years, here all phone and messenger companies are required to keep a year worth of calls, and conversations so that the police can check them in case they start an investigation, but they need a search warrant to have access to them, and there is a massive beef between WatZapp and the brazilian police and justice system as they demand that WhatZapp keep records of the conversations on the app as there are a lot of criminals who use it and Telegram to do illegal businesses and plot criminal actions.
There have even been cases where Watzapp got shutdown for up to 2 weeks because of legal procecutions
companies will always find a way around those regulations
Govt here has a hangover from their pre-90s socialist days
of overhanded regulations
yep
I mean amazon and walmart
in any case, the most important problem for the future is land and labor laws reform
which can stimulate the manufacturing sector by making it easy to open up factories
providing millions of jobs
getting rid of regulation can make yout the next China
if we don't become the next China, we might implode
imagine all those young ppl with no jobs
recipe for disaster
when ppl's livelihoods are threatened, they panic and vote for socialist parties
or worse, communist parties
but so far, the general trend has been towards freer markets