I’m not debating the law and how it’s supposed to work.

I’m agreeing that the law is only relevant if you collectively agree to enforce it.

Sadly, in a recent election polling the entire nation, Americans collectively agreed to disregard the law in this instance.

Sadly, it doesn’t matter.

I’m grieving right along with you.

My point is, when someone is democratically elected in a free and fair election then the rules don’t really matter because they’re supposed to be derived from the will of the people anyway.

Using the law to undermine a democratic process is not the way.

With great sadness I’ll remind you that a majority of voters elected Trump.

At this point it just doesn’t really matter what the rules are. It hasn’t mattered before now. It certainly isn’t going to matter just a few weeks after the citizens expressed their desire that he be president.

Yeah I agree. Biden was the only person who could enable a second Trump presidency.

Australia’s freedom score is better than the US.

There are a myriad of social issues faced by First Australians (Aboriginals) including police brutality. Any summation I would try to give would be reductive given the complex history and various mitigation strategies that have occurred.

However, as I pointed out earlier it’s the prevalence of misbehavior amongst officers that determines whether it’s possible to be a police officer without passively condoning that sort of behavior.

Perhaps the behavior of Australian Police warrants the ACAB label in your view, it doesn’t in mine.

“Take away a year of your life” is hyperbole.

It’s not like you’re dropped into 70s Vietnamese jungle with a garrot wire and some amphetamines.

It’s more like a year long summer camp. Learn basic soldiering, learn some kind of speciality whether it’s catering, logistics, or mechanics, and earn a good salary.

Most people go backpacking for a few years afterwards to spend the money they earned.

If you’d rather play games instead it’s pretty easy to get an exemption.

The US has ever been a fickle bed fellow.

No, it’s not a “guilty by association” type argument.

I don’t necessarily subscribe to the ACAB argument. It seems that way in the US, but I don’t have any direct experience with that. In Australia I’ve never encountered a bastard cop, nor even heard of an experience like that, aside from a few instances I’ve heard of in the media.

I think it comes down to the prevalence of misconduct.

In some police services there may indeed be just one or two officers who are bastards and in that case you’re obviously not a bastard just because you work in the same service provided you’re not actively covering up their behavior.

In other services where there’s a culture of violence and cronyism et cetera, it would become impossible to serve the community without at least passively condoning the misbehavior of others. This is the situation where one could like at the entire service and say, that all of them are bastards even if they’re not directly perpetrating violence.

Wow, that’s so amazing.

I think it’s a response to the common “a few bad apples” excuse.

The assertion being that to be a cop you have to overlook so many bad apples that at best, you’re a bastard for enabling the bad apples.

Perhaps another way to say the same thing, at times in any profession, if you’re unable to improve whatever situation then you’re only recourse is to resign because being involved would compromise you.

I don’t understand why people don’t just choose not to put toxins in their body.

It’s because it’s addictive.

There’s a firefox extension I still don’t care about cookies that deals with these.

Since firefox rolled out total cookie protection the risks to privacy are minimal anyway.

I think everyone everywhere knows the world over is sliding to the right.

… bit of a roll of the dice. You don’t want to hear the minutia of wedding planning every day.

Maybe the dog was about to attack a small child.

I’ve seen someone poke a dog in the ass with a stick. They were a hero. Dog was latched on to someone’s leg.

“Anything longer than a sentence deserves a phone call”

I disagree.

Lemmy is also a link aggregator which works in a similar way to reddit, but it has it’s own history, culture, and quirks.

Sure, things will happen on Lemmy which are reminiscent of reddit because they’re both link aggregators, but to say lemmy “is” reddit is very reductive.

I’m in Australia. We’re not any better than the US or Britain though. Sliding to the right, no climate action, concentration of wealth, et cetera. We didn’t just elect Trump, but I fear that time is coming.

I think in these troubled times you just have to focus on the things you can control and practice tolerance and serenity for the rest.

In practice this means investing your time and effort in performing the ideals you want to uphold. Whether that’s saying hello to a neighbor donating to a charity, or regularly volunteering for a cause you care about.

At this point, it’s strong charities and community groups that will mitigate the challenges that will emerge in the coming years.

I don’t have any solutions i’m sorry.

Aparently half the voting populace is hell bent on their own destruction.

Haah. Never thought about it but this is very true.