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I do not believe that any nation's constitution or government was designed to handle modern communication, polarization, encryption, privacy, and other technolo

I do not believe that any nation's constitution or government was designed to handle modern communication, polarization, encryption, privacy, and other technological issues. And that, judging by the increased polarization in the United States and elsewhere, I expect further division to occur. Some blame social media for this, but I think that blaming social media alone is a very narrow view of recent events. I expect that this division will start manifesting itself with defiance in the political sphere than actual violence. An example of this on the left was with sanctuary cities in defiance of ICE and the Police stand-down over CHAZ/CHOP in Seattle. An example of this on the right would be the creatively-designed abortion ban in Texas and Texas's announcement that they are building a border wall themselves, or the announcement they will not enforce and will actively try to prevent enforcement of OSHA vaccine/testing requirements. In both cases, you have states increasingly acting in defiance or in a passive-aggressive noncompliance with the Federal government, and I expect this trend to continue.

inglor_cz 5y ago
Polarization was very much a thing before modern tech. Religious wars were very ideologically polarized. So was the U.S. about the question of slavery. Early Medieval Byzantium had massive violent riots of polarized citizen factions that stemmed from ... chariot race fanclubs. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_riots Modern tech can polarize us again precisely because we (collectively) have the mental "receptors" for polarizing ideas.
- groundhogday3 5y ago
AreYouSirius 5y ago
- CraigJPerry 5y ago
  >> Most european states prohibit abortions around 10 weeks of pregnancy 12 weeks is most common, 24 weeks is the longest (Netherlands) unless you count the UK as Europe, in which case 28 weeks. >> It is quite disgusting that people actually promote abortions instead of birth control. Who does that? Citation needed.
- ip26 5y ago
  “Not after 6 weeks” sounds fine until you learn pregnancy tests aren’t reliable until 5-6 weeks and some women still test negative at 6 weeks. The result is, setting the bar at 6 weeks is extremely close to a de facto ban. Reminder: at 6 weeks the neonate is the size of a lentil.
  - voakbasda 5y ago
    This is the actual truth that the politicians ignore or omit intentionally. The date that marks the start of term is calculated by back-dating from the first missed period. Pregnancy tests will not work until a week or two after the missed period, at which point you are basically at 6 weeks from conception. This law is absolutely a ban. Anyone who says otherwise is either ignorant or a liar.
- voakbasda 5y ago
  I was drugged and raped. You have no fucking idea what you are talking about when it comes to rape, so let me help pull your head out of your ass. Less than 3% of rapes result in conviction, even when it is reported (and the majority of cases are not). Without a conviction, you were not raped in the eyes of the law. Without a legal conviction, you probably would not be able to get an abortion using that exception. In my case, I was denied compensation by a legal defense fund for crime victims, and I was asked to pay my medical expenses out of pocket. Conflating rape with abortion is an absolutely disingenuous and disgusting thing to do. Do not tell other people what to do with their own bodies. If someone does not want a child, they should not be forced to have one. You cannot possible know if they were raped, and it is no one’s business but their own.
throw_nbvc1234 5y ago
It took less then 2 days to shutdown chaz/chop once it became politically feasible to do so. As soon as those 2 kids were shot (1 killed) in the jeep by chop's security and the whole thing was caught on surveillance footage [1] it was over. It's hard to watch that footage and come away with "yeah lets keep this exactly the way it is". [1] https://youtu.be/_K0tXOBPMHA https://youtu.be/_K0tXOBPMHA - 12th and Pine in Seattle if you want to lookup the area on google maps.

inglor_cz 5y ago

Polarization was very much a thing before modern tech. Religious wars were very ideologically polarized. So was the U.S. about the question of slavery. Early Medieval Byzantium had massive violent riots of polarized citizen factions that stemmed from ... chariot race fanclubs. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_riots Modern tech can polarize us again precisely because we (collectively) have the mental "receptors" for polarizing ideas.

groundhogday3 5y ago

AreYouSirius 5y ago

CraigJPerry 5y ago
>> Most european states prohibit abortions around 10 weeks of pregnancy 12 weeks is most common, 24 weeks is the longest (Netherlands) unless you count the UK as Europe, in which case 28 weeks. >> It is quite disgusting that people actually promote abortions instead of birth control. Who does that? Citation needed.
ip26 5y ago
“Not after 6 weeks” sounds fine until you learn pregnancy tests aren’t reliable until 5-6 weeks and some women still test negative at 6 weeks. The result is, setting the bar at 6 weeks is extremely close to a de facto ban. Reminder: at 6 weeks the neonate is the size of a lentil.
- voakbasda 5y ago
  This is the actual truth that the politicians ignore or omit intentionally. The date that marks the start of term is calculated by back-dating from the first missed period. Pregnancy tests will not work until a week or two after the missed period, at which point you are basically at 6 weeks from conception. This law is absolutely a ban. Anyone who says otherwise is either ignorant or a liar.
voakbasda 5y ago
I was drugged and raped. You have no fucking idea what you are talking about when it comes to rape, so let me help pull your head out of your ass. Less than 3% of rapes result in conviction, even when it is reported (and the majority of cases are not). Without a conviction, you were not raped in the eyes of the law. Without a legal conviction, you probably would not be able to get an abortion using that exception. In my case, I was denied compensation by a legal defense fund for crime victims, and I was asked to pay my medical expenses out of pocket. Conflating rape with abortion is an absolutely disingenuous and disgusting thing to do. Do not tell other people what to do with their own bodies. If someone does not want a child, they should not be forced to have one. You cannot possible know if they were raped, and it is no one’s business but their own.

throw_nbvc1234 5y ago

It took less then 2 days to shutdown chaz/chop once it became politically feasible to do so. As soon as those 2 kids were shot (1 killed) in the jeep by chop's security and the whole thing was caught on surveillance footage [1] it was over. It's hard to watch that footage and come away with "yeah lets keep this exactly the way it is". [1] https://youtu.be/_K0tXOBPMHA https://youtu.be/_K0tXOBPMHA - 12th and Pine in Seattle if you want to lookup the area on google maps.