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[–] coffeewithalex@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (21 children)

Read the article. Title is clickbait. It's only with approval from a judge. You know, alternatively they could just arrest and imprison the person, which is what every country is doing. Not saying it's without worrying, but there's important nuance that most are missing.

P.S.

Absolute extremist attitudes like "nobody should be able" and so on, have absolutely no place in modern society. There's always nuance. Libertarianism doesn't work, and laws must be enforced. It sucks, but when there are forces that want to hurt people and destabilize societies, you can't go by the rule that everyone is a saint. The world will punish this attitude.

Yes, the world isn't perfect, but for ducks sake, quit sensationalizing anecdotes and representing them as "this always happens". That's dishonest.

[–] admin@lemmy.magnor.ovh 27 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I live in France. The government here is using every single tool they have to prosecute radical leftists and environmentalists while ignoring the fact that more than 60 % of the police force has fascist adjacent ideals. I do not want these people spying on me, period. This is not some libertarian horseshit, trust me.

[–] TGhost@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unfortunately extremely true... This guy calling an clickbait...

[–] admin@lemmy.magnor.ovh 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whataboutism is a hell of a drug. I'm afraid people in many countries are so used to not having those freedoms that they look at us weird for trying to keep them.

[–] TGhost@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

i've even heard french say : its better to be poor and in security rather just be poor.
Its done. I dont trust society.

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