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by hamhock666 3y ago
I think this is true generally for anyone seeking power, whether they’re a soon-to-be dictator or a democratically elected politician
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by hamhock666 3y ago
We need someone in the executive branch willing to enforce the constitution for anything to happen
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by hamhock666 3y ago
Yes but it seems like the treatment is addressing the symptoms and not the outstanding source of them as you say. We are slapping band-aids on an open wound
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by hamhock666 3y ago
Or the citizens have forgotten or don’t care to hold their leaders accountable
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by hamhock666 3y ago
> feels like asking them to cut off their hand It seems like this would be good reason to ban phones in school. I worry about the detrimental effects of not being able to concentrate. You could at least enforce school as a place to focus
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by hamhock666 3y ago
Or the mass market consumer media crap will be replaced by artists creating for the hell of creating (probably not streamed on one of these services).
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by hamhock666 3y ago
For me the reason is not supporting YT censorship. Not just the random strikes on accounts, or video de-monetization, but doing things like removing the dislike button, and poking people about “misinformation”. It used to be you could see t
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by hamhock666 3y ago
Yes it’s free speech, I think the issue here is that companies care what their employees say about politics outside of work, enough to fire them if they find out. Not really in the spirit of free speech.
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by hamhock666 3y ago
On my phone, there seems to be a float issue where the boxes are too close together and they draw out of order.
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by hamhock666 3y ago
I don’t think it makes sense to trust any single organization, because there is usually some motive other than finding the truth (profit, reputation/fear, power). Rather find individuals/journalists who are searching for the truth
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by hamhock666 3y ago
“Go Map!!” on iOS is a great alternative, allows for full editing.
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by hamhock666 3y ago
I mean what about the Viet Cong? I think the main idea is that a well armed population creates a different relationship with the government. It is much harder to round up people and send them to camps if they can actually put up a fight. Th
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by hamhock666 7y ago
I think if there are going to be filters, then it would make sense for users to be able to opt in or out of filters. That way you can choose what you want to see, instead of having an almighty force that determines what you see. Having glob
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by hamhock666 8y ago
I don't think it is necessarily the sway of corporations as much as the sway of the citizens. If Apple got out of Australia it could cause a lot of media attention which could get citizens riled up, especially if they could no longer g
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by hamhock666 8y ago
You take action with your own speech, not by using the power of the majority to censor opinions and ideas that the majority doesn't like. You have the ability to do this anytime without fear that someone will tell you your perspective
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by hamhock666 8y ago
Even though Facebook is not prohibited by law from censoring the speech of their users, they have a moral obligation to not do so. Cracking down on speech is never the answer to problems where we need to have more discussion. It only shows
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by hamhock666 8y ago
They might not have reasonable freedom to move or protest, but people will always have the radical freedom to oppose an oppressive regime. It is just much more costly and requires the knowledge that you live in an oppressive regime and acce