"More speech" is too simplistic to work in the modern world.
"More speech" is too simplistic to work in the modern world.
I'm from Brazil and the extreme right is abusing all the communication platforms. it's a complete madness in what people believe right now. Our society is on the verge of crumbling.
If it was, then we would have seen a left exodus years ago and not suddenly coming up now. This comment has me so confused.
One mechanism of accomplishing that would be to restrict people who are using communication platforms to violate democratic norms.
I'm not advocating that is the best way to accomplish protecting democracy. I'm just pointing out that "free speech maximalism" doesn't address the need to protect democracy.
People can respect you as a person, but no I don't think people have to respect different viewpoints. I can respect that you have a lived experience that differs from mine and that your viewpoint is X, but I do balance that against my own views and speak my own truth as well.
If you think that you have to respect every viewpoint that differs, think of the viewpoints of the party you dislike. Think of any of their views. Do you respect their _view_ or do you respect the person and want to allow their speech while disagreeing with it?
Me? I think the best way to deal with speech I don't like is not filtering or censorship its more speech. Anytime I see an implication that someones view needs to be filtered I think "You first."
Personally I don't think this acquisition is healthy for a democracy, but nonetheless, it's something I want to observe. I've always thought these platforms need more democratic structures of governance and this is a change in the opposite direction so I'm rather interested in what the future holds and the consequences of this buyout!
Only a fascist would force free speech onto people.
Also note: the NY Supreme Court is actually the lowest court level in NY. Articles like this are being misleading on purpose.
The court decided the executive branch didn't have the right to fire the workers. Because of that, the workers lost their jobs, insurance, and pay.
How else would you suggest the court make them whole again?
I think you skipped over a few steps here and lost me.
Germany, which doesn't have much gas, "lost" a pipeline due to ESG investment metrics? Or only built a pipeline that it then "lost" due to ESG?
Either way, that's not something I recall happening.
Germany did not want to produce oil/gas locally due to concerns about environmental impact. Instead, they decided to import it from Russia. With the Russia pipeline destroyed, they are now competing for these same 'dirty resources' on the global scale resulting in widespread suffering in the developing world.
If you are going to imply that you didn't understand this as the meaning of the statement, I think its pretty telling.
Do you have examples of how ESG is bad for someone who thinks thats a good thing?
Where do you think this 'surplus' of gas is coming from? Its not 'spare capacity' that was sitting around... its coming from poorer countries that can't compete for the same gas due to the price Germany is now willing to pay.
Consider Bangladesh and the political unrest because of the rising fuel prices. [1]. For gods sake, they had a nationwide power blackout that lasted 7 hours. Why? Because the gas supplies were being usurped by Europe. [2].
> Now with Russia-Ukraine war squeezing supply, the richer European nations are getting dibs on whatever is up for grabs. With winter and a cap on Russian fuel imports approaching, European buyers will look to stock up on even more LNG.
Maybe we disagree - but I would say that widespread starvation and energy blackouts impacting the populations of developing countries directly related to ESG policies is pretty damn bad. The road to hell is paved with good intentions - look down.
[1] - https://www.voanews.com/a/inflation-unrest-challenge-banglad...
[2] - https://qz.com/power-hungry-europe-is-leaving-developing-cou...
The courts. They can be sued if they abuse it.
I don't want to live in the world you suggest.
This right here is why I am glad we have a constitution in the US and resist efforts to make it easier to change.