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You've convinced me, these countries are right, the US is evil and the internet should be disabled so we can live in freedom without war.
by 6e0prjs5fv 10y ago
You've convinced me, these countries are right, the US is evil and the internet should be disabled so we can live in freedom without war.
- goodplay 10y agoI am aware that this is a troll comment (I hope), and that it is not in any way meant to refute the GP or earlier comments. That said, the parent post was merely demonstrating that "morally right" or "best human rights" record is completely subjective. In a democratic system, your notion of "right" and "wrong" is nonsensical and incorrect if it does not align with the majority, regardless of how "evil" or horrifying this may seem. You either have democracy or you don't.
- ptaipale 10y ago>You either have democracy or you don't. Certainly not so. Having democracy is never about black and white, if we want to use a metaphor. It's about shades of grey between black and white. A scale between absolute democracy (which is hard to define and hardly exists) and absolute lack of democracy (which is almost achieved, often by countries that describe themselves as "people's democracies"). Western democracies certainly are closer to actual ideals of democracy. And if we think of the Internet, we certainly want it to be controlled by parties living in the Western democracies, not by autocratic, repressive governments that have a majority of world population.
- tremon 10y agoif we think of the Internet, we certainly want it to be controlled by parties living in the Western democracies No, that is not enough. If it is to be controlled at all, I want it controlled by democratic bodies, not simply by parties that happen to reside in a democracy. Or would you be happy to let the Internet be controlled by Enron, Halliburton, the NRA or the RIAA?