And they’re providing cover for authoritarian urges in Europe and the US, being nominally part of the “West”
CaptObvious
In my defense, it was before dawn here. I’ll do better next time :D
FWIW, I generally agree with you about “Why bother?” With regard to Americans. We seem to have become a population dominated by zealots of one ilk or another in all the federally overrepresented states. It’s exhausting.
Most days, I think the US would be better off if Cornwallis hadn’t surrendered.
I don't know why anyone bothers.
And yet, here you are. Feel free to stop at any time
Since they’re rights, they are inherent. You don’t get to vote on them
Australia are headed to Chinese style authoritarianism at this rate. Why not go ahead and nationalize everything and make it outright illegal for average citizens to participate in the world? Doing it all at once will save time.
Nice ASSumption. Actually, yeah, I’d say exactly the same. Human rights are human rights. Fortunately, it isn’t up to people like you to decide who gets them
one of their members
Isn’t collective punishment a violation of human rights, according to the UN?
Because Prohibition and the War on Drugs worked so well in the US, I guess?
The trust problem in open source is that we can audit the published code, but we have no assurance that what’s published is what’s running
Fair point. Sorry if I misread it
I’m reminded almost daily of someone saying during the Cheney Administration “1984 was a warning, not a handbook!”
A lesser violation of privacy is still a violation of privacy. “It could be worse” isn’t a particularly persuasive argument
Mandela Effect on a global scale. I don’t like this timeline. I want to get back to the real one ASAP. ;)