dudefeliciano

Philosophically and psychologically I don’t think any monk of any religion would approve working on a weapon capable of razing cities to the ground.

> The government isn't one monolithic entity

Ok but when you said "There was a past American government that was strong enough to stamp out inequality" you did not make that distinction. The US government in 50s and 60s was not responsible for giving you civil rights, it was popular movements.

Paleontology != History

Maybe because that is not the argument I am trying to make?

I linked to a study exploring the numbers in the US states where abortion was banned, not referring to Italy here. My response was to the "rape victim red herring" which i find incredibly distasteful.

Even so, you are deliberately dismissing rape victims that got pregnant[1], what is their recourse? Or do you just care about the rights of a fetus while it's in utero and then they're on their own as soon as they pop out?

[1]https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullar...

the question was why do far right populists care so much about genitals and reproduction, nothing to do with whatever you are saying here

> There was a past American government that was strong enough to stamp out inequality and fight for civil rights.

this is a hilariously naive rewriting of history, the government was very reluctant to make those changes. It's thanks to popular movements that those changes were made.

I think if high speed rail was a viable option in the US and Europe those numbers would look a lot different.

What about short distances? Why is it cheaper to fly Berlin-Stuttgart than to take a train? it makes absoutely no sense.

and according to the article the last record was 200k planes per day on june 29 2025, while july 23rd had more than 280k - so while efficiency may be going up (how many of those 280k planes are in the modern 100-120mpg range?) total flights are as well. Result: total emissions are steadily increasing.

Technically history only refers to the parts of the past for which we have written records.

Nope[1]. I am getting tired of people looking up to China just because the governments of Europe and US are completely fucked. China is no better.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation_by_Chi...

They did downplay the effects of covid and spread misinformation about it as well as silence the researches and journalists who were first trying to ring the alarm bells

> it remains internal affairs and not an imperialistic threat

That's pre 1945 style thinking, which is coming back with a vengeance.

it's stupid because there are ways of turning a profit without killing thousands of people while turning your own country into a pariah ridiculed by the whole world. It's stupid because it's shortsighted.

if anything they are looking at North Korea and confirming their belief that nuclear weapons are indispensable for their sovereignty.

> First the meaning of "war" needs to be defined. FWIW, in the US, only Congress can declare war.

The Korean War was not approved by congress. And I don't see the point of bringing semantics into it. Are you saying that the Vietnam War, to take one, was not a war because there was no formal declaration of war?

the US being the only existent superpower

> which raises the question who asks for this?

Probably the 5000 ultra-rich who own 27% of Germanys wealth. CDU/CSU and even AfD is great news for them.

https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/05/27/5000-ultra-rich...

> How does choosing your book’s font and margins apply to freedom of speech?

The fonts and margins dont communicate anything by themselves. There is a book that communicates ideas/opinions and that is what's protected by the first amendment. If someone found a font that exploits the brains reward mechanism and causes all sorts of mental health problems perhaps that should be regulated too.

Infinite scroll doesn't communicate anything by itself, it is purely a revenue maximizing feature that, as it turns out, has negative effects for people. There is no underlying idea or opinion here that Meta is communicating that should be protected by free speech.

You still are missing the point which is: how does infinite scroll relate to freedom of speech? It just doesn't.

ony if you explain how infinite scroll is necessary for freedom of speech and of the press

What exactly is unconstitutional about regulating infinite scroll? Did your founding fathers fight for indipendence from GDPR?

> This is EU Cookies Banner level of state interference making UX worse for everyone

A couple of comments up in this thread.

Right, it has a set of treaties, not a unified constitution. And there have been a number of cases in which member state laws clashed with EU laws:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primacy_of_European_Union_law

I'm trying to think of a small operator that absolutely needs inifinite scroll on their site for their product to "work" and nothing comes to mind.

You seem incredibly sure about the health safety of a technology we've had for ~20 years and of which the daily usage has been steadily rising in that time. US kids average 5 hours/day on social media.

By the way heroin use was widespread in the early 1900s, it took decades to regulate it even though the addictive and detrimental effects were very obvious to everyone. And let's not get started on nicotine. See the similarities?

the EU doesn't have a constitution

then we pass a law to prevent randomization