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Not yet. Because they don't have the mechanism.
And it's not about Sánchez and his government. I don't think they would do it. But governments change, sooner or later someone else will win elections. Someone who might not agree with criticism.
And don't try to convince me "it would never happen in the EU". We have more than enough examples that eventually every country has a brush with authoritarianism. Even in the EU currently (eg Hungary). Prevention is always better than trying to fix it later.
“Not yet”
Spain was a dictatorship until the 70s and transitioned into a democracy without anonymous internet shitposting. The USA was a functioning democracy and transitioned into a shithole with anonymous internet shitposting.
Anonymous internet shitposting fixes nothing, it only damages the social fabric and pollutes the public discourse. That’s why foreign actors love to weaponize it.
Being a citizen of a free country comes with responsibilities: paying taxes, voting, expressing your opinions sensibly. Anonymous internet shitposting advances zero democratic values, it’s simply a great channel for conducting international destabilization campaigns.
It. Fixes. Nothing. If you’re as lazy as to need anonymity to post your opinions in a free country you’re going to overthrow no tyranny. You’ll just be fed psyops by others who will break your system.
I think that shit poster strawman deserves a promotion after how much you abused it.
Worry not, they’re getting promoted as we speak. That’s the whole point of it: interested malicious parties and useful idiots.