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22hr ago
In 1969, Dennis was de facto overruled by Brandenburg v. Ohio.
Took 18 years, but that's a short time compared to the long history of a country.
I suspect that speech hasn't been prosecuted more in the US because children are taught this first, then exceptions later, so they're generally biased against exceptions.
Yes, makes sense, the freedom is broad, so the exceptions are "the exceptions that prove the rule".
I listened to the recent Odd Lots episode with Gina Raimondo (Biden's Secretary of Commerce) and I would echo the sentiment here:
Most Americans when they hear AI, they get afraid, right? The vast, vast majority of Americans, "AI = anxiety", "I am going to lose my job". I get that, you know, people are scared. I think it would be a huge mistake to like retard our AI progress with overregulation. [We] just talked about China. I want to win the AI race, I want America to lead the AI world. And I think when we get to the fifth or sixth inning of this AI revolution, whatever you want to call it, I firmly believe there will be more jobs. I do. I think that there will be new industries, new companies, new products and services. I'm an optimist. [That being said,] I am pretty worried about getting from the first inning to that inning.
I am not dismissive of AI because it made me more productive but I also believe that software engineers will be around.
- As pointed out by @ChickenOverlord, Americans and their speech is so so so much free-er than other countries that sometimes I feel Americans don't get congratulated enough for it
- Yes, that's right, the question was about government overreach. Being able to does not mean it has to be easy. And yeah, the difficulty with getting your ideas and thoughts across to others is part of the friction of communication. I'm not sure what is being asked here, are you asking that political belief is to be a protected class and private companies should not use that as an excuse to offer/not-offer products and services? Either way, if people want their speech heard, nothing prevents them from taking over or recreate what they need.
- What Americans believe matters a whole lot. Trump's 2.0 victory is complete vindication of how what the median American thinks matters and led the country to what they want. Feels like every other presidency can be easily characterized as "newcomer with grassroots momentum that trounced the elite favorite".
- So the freedom of the people worked. An American, with the means and opportunities to make a change, made a change! He certainly didn't stay in South Africa to do that. He did what he did with Twitter because he had ideological and philosophical values, very American ones if I might add, that drove his actions.
The US? say what you will about America, the first amendment is amazing. I suppose it depends on what you mean by "the ruling party".
Edit1: There has been certain attempts, like the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, but overall the first amendment has been a strong stalwart against government overreach.
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1d ago
The four ideas are not mutually exclusive, in theory, the EU can do all 4. In fact, there is an existing successful example of doing all these ideas: China. It is in the greater interest of both America AND EU, geopolitically at least, to not get to that point, because individually they won't be able to compete with China if they also have to spare energy to compete with each other.
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2d ago
It's an American company with American founder, American customers, and American employees being paid in American dollars. The principle is to live in the greatest comfort and not be bothered by others.
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4d ago
"chew through leadership until you hit the secret sauce right man for the job" is a fairly common pattern in winning modern wars. That the guys in the history books were often talented second or third rank officers who got promoted after fuckups from the peacetime generals.
well it's war right? isn't that just "survival of the fittest"? That's all wars, all processes, evolution, etc. throughout history.
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4d ago
who isn't getting the job done.
What job though? like @FiveHourMarathon says, is implementing anti-DEI measure the off-season job or playoff game job? There are many things to consider here.
- is implementing anti-DEI a good and strong signal of how competent someone is at waging a war in the Middle East? (how much does the off season stuff matters for the playoffs?)
- does waging a war in the Middle East depends on the completion of implementing anti-DEI measures? (are we able to separate the things in the off season that does or does not matter in the playoffs?)
- on the axes of "urgency" and "important", how does the two land? (must the changes for the off season be done now before the playoffs?)
- Is Hegseth competent at managing and assessing these questions? (is the general manager good at assessing the quality of the coach? quality of the offseason management? quality of the playoffs management?)
- Is Hegseth setting manageable expectations? (is the GM asking the coach for the impossible?)
and so on, and so on.
I suppose the conclusion of this war (which hopefully will be soon or within Trump 2.0 term) will setup my biases on these questions for the rest of my life.
Edit 1: this is of course dependent on that the general was let go because of not good at implementing anti-DEI measures. I'm sure it's actually a host of reasons.
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4d ago
I have never watched Mad Men, but there is this meme where two men are in an elevator. The first says, "I feel bad for you." The second says, "I don't think about you at all."
As an aside, another case where the meme carries different meaning without context.
https://old.reddit.com/r/madmen/comments/1joptde/everybody_understands_that_dons_bullshitting_here/
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4d ago
I'm not really sure why the need for outrage or correction on anything here. Yeah personal lesson for the woman in the story, warning story for those that listen. We can find plenty of stories in reverse where men marry women they shouldn't (for varied and numerous different reasons). Again, personal lesson for the man in the story, warning story for those that listen.
Both are to blame on some levels, whether that's personal responsibility to not be a shit person, or personal responsibility to stay away from shit people.
Maybe the meta question is: why are you, specifically, elevated by this story that you feel there is a need for some kind of discussion and solution?
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4d ago
just because she left the man does not signal that her IQ is average. maybe she's 85 IQ.
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4d ago
They elected a man who said “no new wars,” yes. But they also elected a man with an obvious trail and history of lies that is much greater (relatively) than the normal politician. So Trump's election is not evidence that the public wanted war. It is evidence that a large part of the public was willing to trust, excuse, or ignore dishonesty when it came packaged with promises they liked. So my quibble is with what the American people cared about. They cared about the lies, they didn't care about the credibility of the liar.
PS: Liars with good credibility are what we call innovators and pioneers.
I came from a country where people are afraid of writing too much in private chat and would rather call you up to talk. The plurality of opinions here in America is frikin amazing in comparison. People can go to whatever public square they like here. Twitter, bluesky, mastodon, reddit, random forums, random forums that had to migrate and move to their own sites. Good luck making another social media site in my country without getting a visit from the police. We obviously have very different viewpoints on this. "I didn't see the light until I was already a man". You are very vigilant of any erosion of rights, or maybe disappointed at the gap between theory and reality. Just because the American people (the elites or the masses) fail to live up to American values does not twist American values nor detract from the striving to have and keep those values. What I see is that an American can go into the streets holding a sign, or tweet it out, or make a website, or rambling posts on Facebook, on most things and won't get beaten or put away in unmarked vans, and that is the kind of freedoms I would congratulate America for.
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