uspol
According to the last poll I saw, over 50% of Republicans and over 60% of Democrats believe that the First Amendment guarantees us too many rights; i.e., that when it comes to civil liberties, we need less of them.
Anyway, tell me again how voting for your major party will protect us all from the scourge of fascism?
re: uspol
If that datum is correct - and it's a poll, so we have adequate room to hope that it isn't - then I think our energies are much better spent on figuring out how to live in a country run by and for a slim majority of Nazi shitheads.
re: uspol
*already run by and for
@cerebrate freedom of speech is too unrestricted now
g. serial lying by politicians should become illegal
also, social media has become weaponized by rich evil adversaries, at scale
Ironically, in my SF my major protagonist polity does maintain the position of "freedom to speak is not freedom to deceive", which is a very appealing position when you have a blank sheet of paper and imaginary people.
Here and now? I am _absolutely_ confident that nothing could please the serial pathological liar class more than giving them the authority to define legally-permissible truthiness.
I may be willing to reconsider this position after, oh, a century or so of absolutely impeccable and fully documented trustworthiness.
re: uspol
@cerebrate
Assuming your view is correct, then the basic argument is this:
One party wants fascism in January, and the other party is willing to give you a few more years to plan your response.