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France is about to pass the worst surveillance law in the EU.

Don't know how this could be the worst when Sweden is literally trying to do the same. Signal messenger threatens to leave the country if they install backdoors in their app. Even the Swedish Armed Forces is flagging that this might be a bad idea since they are using Signal. But we also have other interesting privacy laws such as the "FRA-law" that enables the government to listen to all incoming and outgoing data to and from Sweden.

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Where is the current wave of Punk music?

Big scene in Sweden still with our own subgenre called Trallpunk (basically singalong punk). Lastkaj 14, Småjävlafötter, KSMB, Björnarna, Troublemakers, Just to name a few who are still active. Most bands are connected to a music label which was started in the early 00s to give more swedish punks an opportunity to reach out with their music SecondClassKids

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"No nation is older than 250"

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Sweden has technically only existed since 1523 when we got our independance from Denmark. Norway has been under both Sweden and Denmark for numerous years until 1905 when the Swedish-Norwegian union ended. Denmark on the other hand has existed atleast since 863 as that is the first time it is mentioned. So it depends on how you count.

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Ubisoft Closes Canadian Studio After It Unionizes

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I get where you're coming from but unions should not be mandated, they need to be formed for the actual workers that want things to change for the better. Just look at Sweden for a good example of how to implement unions at almost all workspaces without the need for the state to be involved.

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Ubisoft Closes Canadian Studio After It Unionizes

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By not getting the state involved at all. All negotiations happens between the workers and the companies with about 88% of workers in Sweden having a collective agreement. All workers also have the right legally to join or start a union and unionbusting is illegal. If the company doesn't want a collective agreement it usually results in strikes such as the ongoing one against Tesla that has been going on since 2023.