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> The inalienable right to play Fortnite. All governments restrict certain behaviors: alcohol (dui, public intoication, etc.), drugs(prohibition, prescription
by nsillik 8y ago
> The inalienable right to play Fortnite.
All governments restrict certain behaviors: alcohol (dui, public intoication, etc.), drugs(prohibition, prescription only), gambling.
Now, it’s fair to say that doing those, and doing them as much or as long as you like, is an inalienable right-like “expression”-is absolutely a position you can take. But all countries seem to agree that we shouldn’t do certain things, at least not to excess.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoAncient Greece had a couple major festivals of Dionysus in which it was perfectly acceptable behavior to get roaring drunk and stagger crazily through the public square. You weren't expected to do this, but you could. (One or two times a year.) It makes me curious whether having the rare festival allowing the activity might make it easier to get everyone not to do it the rest of the year.
- nsillik 8y agoAlso, see: Purim [0] 0: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim
- thaumasiotes 8y agoI believe the European Christian tradition also had a holiday of this type, which was Christmas. But Christmas now is pretty different.
- nsillik 8y agoHedonist festivals were a lot more popular historically. I was born at the wrong time.
- kgwgk 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival
- throwaway663 8y agoThe Purge?
- sneak 8y agoNo, the inalienable right to publish creative works without the government forcing you to add or remove content or features. If they didn’t protect this in the United States, your iPhone would have an FBI backdoor in it as of the last iOS update. It does not, because there are some people in the US who still believe that the government does not have the right to serve as your product manager or editorial board.
- nsillik 8y agoThis is an interesting distinction. I wonder how, or if, China’s regulations would differ if it were free (freedom and/or beer). But, I think a country has a certain right to regulate when it comes to commerce, especially foreign commerce.
- mises 8y agoThey tried it anyway. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip
- kodz4 8y agoMore importantly we live in times were companies are much more efficient at exploiting human weakness. They do it faster and at larger scales than ever before. There is hardly time for even experts to react to what they are seeing unfold, forget governments. In the past the only thing that did damage this fast was disease. Anything moving "too fast" through a population without anytime to understand the negative effects should be treated the same way we counter viruses or nuclear chain reactions - with control rods and quarantine periods.