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They're babies in adult bodies
There isn't this entrepreneurship perspective that is seen in the US, most people want government intervention to sort out problems.
I think it's less that the don't mind less freedom, and more that there are other issues that are more important to them. Which if you believe those values are more important can be quite annoying.
Not a bad way to summarize it. I don't like the framework, but that's more akin to their thoughts
It's totallay fine to have less freedom as long as it doesn't offend my sensitivities mkay
my house mate, she was utterly confused about the idea of a small government. "Having more members get to conclusion faster" was her response.
modern politics is very bad at prioritising more than one thing at a time
@DEPChimp yea, some people are idiots, never going to get away from that.
@DEPChimp Just explain it to her like this: "If the nanny state decides it's more efficient to take your kids away from you, would you be in favor of that?" And if she answers "no" then just ask her why she thinks efficiency is a good reason to take any of people's freedoms away.
She'd have to bend over backwards twice to splain that
o boy, she thinks its a good idea that parents need a licence to have kids, coos what if the parents are pedos.
having more members doesn't even lead to faster conclusions, the immediacy of dictatorships is one of it's few advantages
the larger the government, usually, the less rapidly it's able to adapt to change
In some cases virtually or literally impossible
aye, like small companies can make run loops around large corporations. with there ability to be flexible in decisions and actions.
You just gave me an idea for why Google is so authoritarian
@leavethisbotnet Today at 10:38 AM
"What really highlighted this for me was the Catalonia situation. If they had a militia, they'd be independent by now."
What of Catalonia secession warrants force? What're their respective interests in pursuing such?
@Jeremy I am not familiar with the Catalonia situation, could you please explain what's going on?
Was it the break off from Spain?
Catalonia is richer
You also had some foreign interventionism going on.
I searched it and this came up:
people also ask:
Q: Is Catalonia a country
A: **SPAIN**
The point was, whether or not they can be independent, depends on whether or not they have the means to enforce that independence.
Indeed.
Whether it is within their best interests is another question, however.
well, that's really up to them to decide
If you're interested in Catalonia in particular then go ahead, otherwise this belongs in eu_politics
since the discussion is about relation between EU and member states
The place the houthis striked is so far from Yemen though
what the fuck is houthis
are they a division of Yemen's military or are they are terror group funded by a government like Qatar
They’re an ethnic group that was part of the coalition that overthrew Yemen’s last American backed strongman. Now they’re being opposed in Yemen by Saudi backed forces and some of the other gulf states.
right also why do the Saudi's think overthrowing the government in Yemen is even a slightly good idea, did no one learn anything from iraq
Because Iran is funding their puppets there
@Anubis What is this channel for?
I don't see where did politics went to?
@yordanyordanov read the title bar
or the pin