khepri

@khepri@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are currency/monetary base economic systems coming to their logical end?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s pretty hard to imagine a way for groups of people with varying goals and interests to operate without some form of value exchange. This can either be barter, or some form of currency. Our specific kind of extractive capitalism based on creating endless cycles of debt and credit can certainly be replaced with any number of alternatives, but the idea of money itself is just too basic and useful to humans, imo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Idris Elba: Actors in video games like Phantom Liberty is 'sign of the times'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Shatner for one, who at the time was arguably still the most-recognizable name in sci-fi TV and movies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please fix Rule 1.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s almost like our made-up borders and laws are somehow at odds with the fact that, in almost all cases, anyone can access any information from any place these days, and that information is replicated and stored across the globe!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please fix Rule 1.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish other people were making this point as well. Certain content is illegal various places around the world, and I don’t think anyone is saying we want the admins to risk that, but entire communities are - at worst - slightly more prone than others to having users post illegal content. If I post illegal content anywhere, sure, go ahead and remove/ban, but removing discussion of entire topics, just because those communities might be places people might try and post such content, just isn’t making sense to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are we supposed to convene an impartial jury for a trial involving high profile political people? [USA]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Well its a good thing no famous or political person has ever been on trial then because obviously no jury on earth could handle that fairly if it ever were to happen

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are we supposed to convene an impartial jury for a trial involving high profile political people? [USA]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely right. “Impartial” doesn’t mean you’ve never heard of the person, or never seen them on the news, or don’t live near them, or have no opinion of them, or haven’t heard or believe things about what they’ve done. It’s a classic shithead defense to try and tell a judge “the paper did a piece on my crimes and everyone read it, so I can’t get a fair trial!!” Well guess what, that never works, for anyone, ever. There is no such thing as “too famous” for justice, there is no such thing as “too infamous” for justice. And there is no such thing as “the vast majority of people in NY and DC and GA hate me so badly because of who I am and what I’ve done that no one in those states can be allowed to judge me for my acts.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are we supposed to convene an impartial jury for a trial involving high profile political people? [USA]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thankfully we put career criminals, well-known in their communities, who people have heard of, on trial on the time. Could you imagine if “I’m too famous as a dirtbag to be tried by a jury of my peers” was a defense?