We should be glad that WhatsApp with E2EE is what people jumped to, instead of Facebook Messenger

WhatsApp is part of Facebook. You really think they operate differently?

And the problem with heavy automation, as Japan is finding, is that machines and robots don’t generate the income tax revenue needed to pay for an aging population. Hence Japan is finding it necessary to allow more immigration.

the attacks on civilian infrastructure have the actual military goal of breaking resistance – which is known to generally not work, hence why it’s a war crime.

I think it’d be a war crime even if it generally worked.

Meanwhile, Iran actually has a seat in parliament that is reserved for a Jewish representative.