That world isn’t a better place. The problem with violence is who decides when it’s used, and why it’s used.

I don’t want politicians I support (who in my view are taking reasonable, legal actions) to be assaulted by opponents. It’s why we have due process, so that it’s not just a case of “we have a mob big enough to do this”.

Quartering? That’s awful. Violence or detainment should not be used as punishment or to inflict pain, only to prevent future harmful actions.

I’ve been meaning to buy this! Does he have a section on how to handle no one speaking your language?

Plastic bottled is garbage. I like an aluminum can ok. Glass bottled is pretty good. But you’re mistaken about fountain.

Lol I too have read those “what’s a thing the public doesn’t know about your job” reddit threads

It’s not public opinion I’m necessarily concerned about, it’s attacks by those who benefit from the way things are.

Also, choosing language that strengthens your position is the logical approach for anyone advocating for change. I’m not trying to obscure my position, I’m trying to make it clear.

I could see a world where people are guaranteed shelter but it’s a hole in the wall and they’re not allowed to be other places like restaurants, businesses etc. because they don’t have the money for it.

Glad you’re with us.

I think there’s some legitimate concern about essentially giving prisoners a broadcast. You’re right that they ought to have some minimum amount of guaranteed communication, but more in the sense that they can call their family or friends without having to pay fees.

Also would love to see solitary confinement outlawed.

I hadn’t thought about air, but seems like it will become a more and more relevant right (and one everyone can claim even in a more traditional sense of a right)

Seems like you might want to go broader than talking about a specific method or feature of technology. Maybe something like “right to private communication”?

I guess the tricky part is when we think of something like freedom of speech, in order to exercise the right, a person can just start talking. If we think of the right to shelter, it’s difficult for a person to just, have a place to live. It requires more active intervention by the government. And I think that intervention should happen. I only point it out because there does seem to be a distinction that could trip up the conversation. But I don’t have a better term than “right.” Anything less seems vulnerable to attack and gradual chiseling away by its opponents.

Most people are not in a financial position to start their own business. And in a sense, starting your own business in a best case results in a benevolent dictatorship. Every person makes mistakes and has blind spots. So one person should not be in charge of decisions controlling everyone’s work.

I would encourage people to freelance or start a co-op, and I think in the long term large co-ops (like fortune 500 size) are the preferable path. But if we waited for bootstrapped co-ops to reach critical mass we’d be waiting hundreds of years. One thing I’m excited about is the Obran cooperative, because they look set to convert private businesses to co-ops at a relatively large scale.

From a government standpoint in the long term I think about businesses with more than one employee being required to use one person one vote governance. (not necessarily all direct democracy, for example it could be electing a board who appoints management) But we’re a long ways away from that and it would be smart to move in phases to not destroy the actual value in existing corporations. So maybe some policies as a starting point would be: government funds for creating co-ops and converting co-ops, bidding advantage for co-ops responding to government RFPs and a requirement for corporations of certain size to have some minimum employee representation on their board.

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