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And if the government can reach as far into your life as putting limits and fining you for carbon emissions, is there anything in your private life they can't t
by brobdingnagians 5y ago
And if the government can reach as far into your life as putting limits and fining you for carbon emissions, is there anything in your private life they can't touch?
Perhaps some people agree with the tool now, but wait until you see how they use it later. Eventually, you will get someone with the power who will use it for something you disagree with, in a big way.
- solarkraft 5y agoRight, what’s next? A ban on drunk driving? No more littering? Forbidding domestic abuse?
- dbingham 5y agoConversely, if we have no way for the majority to hold a minority accountable for catastrophic harm done to the majority where does that leave us?
- chefkoch 5y ago> And if the government can reach as far into your life as putting limits and fining you for carbon emissions, is there anything in your private life they can't touch I know corporations are people in the US but since when do they have a private live? And i guess it's already illegal to harm others by polluting the environment in most juristictions.
- Isinlor 5y agoThere are other legal protections and courts are there to weight them. If a company knowingly cause harm to third parties they must be sanctioned. Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man's nose begins.
- jbay808 5y agoSeems fair; your carbon emissions somehow manage to reach their way into my life!
- kaba0 5y agoIt’s as if we are living in a society and one’s actions influence others?