Notices by littletree (littletree@mstdn.social)

@aral you're confusing technology with monopoly and capitalism.

You can have sustainable/social/community owned technology that doesn't harm you more than non-technological alternatives would do.

Technology is a tool, at this point we should also not use printers because they allow to print nazi manifests...

The main issue is corrupt or incompetent politicians. Often both.

@freemo @DemocracyMattersALot let me guess you were wearing shield protectors and ffp3 mask?

That's way beyond what an average teenager will wear. The average teenager, if forced, will wear ffp2 masks (because these are the most common) and ... probably the same multiple times.

No, it's not "my fault" if I am an average person that buys an average mask from an average shop. People with covid symptoms should just wear a mask.

@freemo @DemocracyMattersALot
> Similarly if i intentionally spit in your drink and give you covid, then im in the wrong. If you get covid because you decide to walk near me without appropriate physical protections on, thats on you.

Being in a closed environment (with a mask on) while someone with covid coughs the hell out of their lungs might still give you covid, which is greatly reduced if BOTH wear a mask (especially the one coughing).

So, no, it's on the person who has covid and no mask.

@freemo @DemocracyMattersALot you can compare those two but it's like comparing apples to bananas, with being a fruit the only thing in common.

Our laws regulate our "bodily autonomy", because we live in a society. I could argue that putting me in prison because I choose to kill someone goes against my "bodily autonomy". Yet, here we are: we need rules.

With this very basic assumption in mind, those two things are not comparable.

One is about self, one is about society.

@freemo @DemocracyMattersALot one is about helping society fight a disease/caring about others, the other is about taking away your own freedom to have or NOT to have a baby coming from an unwanted and violent action, because of ideology (religion, etc.).

You can't compare the two at all.

You could claim that wearing a mask is about an ideology too: the one about making the society survive at all costs.

Fair enough. I think that's what the State should protect, though.

@thesoulofjapan @anneapplebaum in any civilized country whenever you cheat the government (tax evasion or similar things), the government comes at you.

If you can pay, you pay. If you can't pay, your assets are frozen and seized to pay the fines etc.

Is that theft? After all, someone is taking something from you without your permission.

In this case, it's a nation that has to pay for the destruction it brought upon another country.