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democracy as a word means nothing at all. there are democracies in Europe where its fine to jail people for what they write online.
by ekianjo 2y ago
democracy as a word means nothing at all. there are democracies in Europe where its fine to jail people for what they write online.
- chgs 2y agoSame in the US too.
- ruthmarx 2y agoThat's simply not true.
- ekianjo 2y agonot true yet.
- chgs 2y agohttps://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/373 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/373
- ruthmarx 2y agoWhat point are you making with this link?
- gray_-_wolf 2y agoWell did they not tried to jail Trump for what he wrote online in January after loosing the election?
- diggan 2y agoI don't know exactly what you're referring to, I don't know the details of the events. But is there a possibility there is a distinction between "I can freely share my political opinions about things" versus "I can ask/cheer on people to commit crimes without consequence"?
- qwytw 2y agoDid they? Can you share the text of the indictment instead of asking meaningless low effort questions?
- rty32 2y agoI believe there is a difference between "ranting about election outcome on reddit as nobody" vs "encourage my supporters to invade the Congress and/or overthrow the government, as the President", because, you know, the latter actually could be illegal, and there are a bunch of laws around it.
- ekianjo 2y agoFunny that he was never tried for "insurrection", despite the media repeating over and over that it was actually one.
- immibis 2y agohttps://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/doj-alleges-russia-funded-company-linked-social-media-stars/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/doj-alleges-russia-f...
- ruthmarx 2y agoA government dismantling a corporation being used as a weapon by a hostile country is not the same as a government blocking individuals access to websites they don't approve due to conservative values.
- Wytwwww 2y agoSo? Your point is what exactly? They were charged for money loundering...
- TacticalCoder 2y ago[flagged]
- markdown 2y agoIt sounds like you just don't know what it means. > there are democracies in Europe where its fine to jail people for what they write online. And? You seem to believe that a democracy refers to a bundle of freedoms that you personally believe everyone should have. Democracy means governance by the will of the majority. If the majority want people to be jailed based on their writings or speech, than that's what happens in a democratic country.
- ekianjo 2y ago> Democracy means governance by the will of the majority. if thats your definition then a lot of countries where the majority tribe is in a form of dictatorial power are also democracies
- markdown 2y agoIf the person you're calling a dictator was elected in free elections by the majority, then yes, that's a democracy. Their political party, tribe, whatever you want to call it is irrelevant.