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@jestdotty it’s such a good thing that you’re not in charge of making any rules that matter.
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@jestdotty Ew, murican much?
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@jestdotty and yet the whole idea of what you're talking about is inherently murican: anarchy. Muricans love their idea of anarchy
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@TerriToniAX "to the meat grinder!" 😈
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@Liebranca please file the form 21B.3a with the Bureaucratic Union, and if the majority votes for it, it will be legal in about three years
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@jestdotty many countries have so called free speech by laws, but only murica boasts about it.
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@iiii no
and even America doesn't have it in practice anymore
people getting jailed by memes and Facebook posts these days. Canada has vague anti hate laws which don't have a definition of hate. not sure they are ever applied tho. a user on here called me racist once for pointing out crowd strike issue was caused by an Indian team using AI and had put in faulty code and skipped the tests... in Canada you get called racist you go to jail, and this is a new law that was introduced recently so I didn't know what would happen in regards to that (and it will come up as a problem soon, our population in the last 10 years has increased by 25% and it's... all indians. not even kidding. and it's not slowing down, there's documents where 30 million populace Canada they want at 50 million population by some year like we're some kind of plantation) -
Thing is people confuse free speech with "I can say whatever I want"... Which is not the case.
Free speech means you can not be prosecuted just because what you say does not conform to public expectation, but you can still be prosecuted if you infringe unto other people's rights.
That's where libel, defamation, and the (admittedly retarded) newer "hate speech" offences come from.
Problem is this hate speech thing evolved from Goebbels preaching the Holocaust, to retarded nonames on internet with an iron fist and a crystal jaw. -
@jestdotty I haven't said it was in practice anywhere 🤷♂️
Firstly, the whole concept of "free speech" is inherently and utterly moot and hazy, because it always ends on whether something said is dangerous, and then comes up "who decides what are the dangerous topics". -
@jestdotty
On the contrary! Most users are from other countries, because we *do* have freedom of speech. Americans only have freedom to speak in favour of Trump. -
@TerriToniAX funny projection
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@TerriToniAX oh no they have freedom of speech, they're free to bitch all they want about having fewer oppirtunities and choices than Europeans. Focusing on negative freedom and pretending that positive freedom doesn't exist is the entire basis of the US flavor of nouveau feudalism.
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@lorentz I don't think they bitch about having fewer opportunities and choices than Europeans... I've never seen that
I think I've walked into the wrong room here though. seems to be a bitchingfest. omg can the irony stop
my plan for perfect state:
- powered by nuclear energy
- metric system, 24-hour clock
- state-owned and built midrisers for public housing with regulated prices, privately owned and built luxury housing
- free healthcare, free generic drugs, option to pay for name-brand drugs. option to choose the gender of your urologist/gynecologist
- free public education, free kindergartens
- free centralized heating, Russia-style
- same-sex marriages are legal. legal documents for polyamorous partners, though not the same one as what you get when you get married. they grant some rights and don't grant other rights
- gender-neutral bathrooms in all state-owned buildings. privately owned places have the choice to make non-gender-neutral, separate bathrooms. bathrooms for wheelchair users are mandatory
- weed is legal, psychedelics are legal. you can grow, but there are limits
- possessing any drug in small (relative to the drug) quantities is not a criminal offense
- free HRT & voice coaching for trans people. But puberty blockers are illegal. gender-affirming surgery for children is criminal offense. let kids wait till they're able to consent
- Swiss-style gun laws
- no official religion, but the capital city has state-owned churches of all major religions. religious leaders are elected
- pragmatism, statistics, no ideological & demagogic bullshit
- extensive tram, metro & rail network
- bike and pedestrian-first roads
- multiple "city centers", all walkable
- scientology and other cults are banned
- no free parking on publicly owned land, option to pay for a parking lot for your car. All paid lots are equipped with fast charging for EVs
- no petrol cars in cities. no car restrictions in the countryside
- Barcelona-style superblocks
- all office workers have the right to work remotely and visit offices only if they want to
- free abortions
- mandatory vaccines for children, free vaccines for everyone
- free, state-owned bike "rental" network
- airbnb and other short-term rentals can't occupy more than 10% of the city center, companies that own airbnb places can't be incorporated overseas, they should be present locally
- Japenese-style "obsessed with fairness"-style local elections
- free shelters for the homeless, dedicated shelter network for domestic violence survivors of all genders
- refined sugar content in all food products (except for 100% refined sugar) is regulated and limited
- all vegan food items that are designed to replace meat-based items can't cost more than their meat counterparts
- four day, six hours per day work week. for people working in shifts, eight hours per shift max (you'll need three shifts to fill 24 hours)
- mandatory vacations, paid for by the company
- six months worth of salary if you're laid off, two months worth of salary if you quit on your own with two weeks notice
- autobahns with no speed limit
- no noise after 21:00
- ban underground and overhead crossings. people shouldn't climb to just cross the road
- Swiss privacy laws
- well-funded, well-equipped police force. all bodycam footage is public. turning bodycam off is grounds for termination. small task-force within police to fight corruption
- every citizen gets a free domain name of their choosing
- bike theft = car theft
- graffiti is not a criminal offense, but city cleanliness laws are Singapore-style (though not as harsh)
- all phones have user-replaceable batteries
- PRISM-type shit is illegal. all electronic devices sold here should be stripped of backdoors & surveillance
- completely ban hostile architecture
- government secret service should exist, but the number of people there should be limited
- ban exotic pets
- real, long sentences for pedos (pedos in the us are basically free, they barely get any time)
overall, I think there should be more separation between city and countryside laws. no one needs a Ford F-150 in my imaginary city, but some farmers do need it in my countryside!
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