Slippery slope is not a "fallacy" by default. It can be occasionally but its a perfectly reasonably argument in plenty of cases.
replySure, it's not a fallacy, but it does erode nuanced conversations and so it shouldn't be used without caution.
replyIt is a fallacy by default. The existence and slipperiness of the slope must be justified to make it not a fallacy.
replyThe slipperiness comes from the fact that the EU already admits that scanning of private messages didn't improve the catching and prosecution of perpetrators. Also, the biggest lobbyists for breaking E2EE argue that criminals are moving to encrypted platforms, and targeting encrypted platforms is actually the thing we need to finally put a dent in stopping the dissemination of CSAM
replyWhat "constructive" argument is anyone supposed to give about authorities having warrantless access to all private conversations?
replyConstructive argument? Just disband the EU as a whole, including all laws, treaties, contracts ...
replyEurope would be a much better place if the EU stayed what it was, a trade union of sovereign nations without any political power over the people.
How would this have worked in practice though? How could things like trade standards been harmonised or a common currency adopted without the trade union being able to do legislation?
replyAnd once you get there, you're no longer a trade union. Or a trading block, which is probably the better word since a trade union already means something else.
It still is. Countries can ignore EU laws if they want to.
replyI'm not sure what you try to achieve:
reply>For example, Poland was hit with massive daily fines when it was embroiled in a dispute over rule of law measures, as well as a separate case linked to environmental permits at a coal mine on the Czech border.
>The Commission is allowed to take these fines out of that country’s EU budget allocation, preventing governments from simply refusing to pay up.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/1568198/how-the-eu-punishes-it...
The EU was never just a trade union.
reply"Slippery slope" does not by itself invalidate an argument, because slippery slopes do exist.
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