The US ability to shut out foreign opposition by pressing their vast tech industry to do it, is real. But this article downplays how quickly places are picking up. Denmark is already looking to France’s experience removing Microsoft infrastructure for example. France is essentially increasingly immune from that tech pressure. The faster the US rots away the faster people rapidly find and build alternatives. Just look at the steady rise of fediverse for example. Reddits stranglehold is threatened now too.




Also important to note most who do have a PAL and who do have firearms, usually have more than one.