Why are you being so hostile?

I think maybe it would have been clearer to just ask this question directly and openly. The way you phrased it is the way a lot of bigots do to try to start trouble.

You don’t know what a woman is? Or is this some kind of attempt at trolling?

Unfortunately it is niche right now in the fediverse based on the stats. That could change but probably requires a different approach to achieve.

Well, those people are wrong but I’m not sure it’s that important of a distinction. Trump has openly said he is looking for a legal justification to do this to citizens soon.

I know that’s an important safety rule but I’m asking specifically about the law.

Even if this is all true, is it normal to be charged with attempted murder just for pointing a gun at someone? Isn’t that usually called brandishing?

Maybe you are right. The lack of transparency is the most concerning to me and in that situation maybe it’s best not to assume that the changes are benign. It’s up to them to prove they are, which so far they haven’t done.

Why would a few tweaks negatively affect their quality of life? I completely agree the marketing is scummy and a gimmick but it is the next step in this type of research, if you ignore the spin.

I think it’s interesting and worthwhile research but I agree with you that they’re overhyping this and it leaves a lot to be desired. To make real dire wolves at minimum we would need much more complete DNA, and maybe more beyond that.

Well to be fair we don’t know what the ecological effects of them would be. They could well be positive. This is a species that many of our living species today coexisted with for millions of years before they went extinct in the recent past. It’s possible (I think likely) that today’s ecosystems are meaningfully impaired by their absence in ways we can’t recognize because we have never studied what the complete ecosystem would look like.

In my mind it would be worthwhile to create a small preserve and study what those interactions look like. We thought gray wolves were harmful to nature for hundreds of years until we actually did the science to find out we were wrong.

Yeah but I mean he was pretty clear about what he was going to do and it was not some carefully calibrated and cautious system of tariffs.

Kinda hilarious to see the market surge when he won and now plummet as he implements his widely advertised policies. Shocked pikachu face.

A lot of them are gender neutral nowadays. I see them all the time, though I do live in a very progressive and queer-friendly neighborhood and city. When my local university tried to do this in a new dorm, a bunch of far-right idiots from out of town tried to start a big stink about it.

Yes, more so in this tradition though I have significant differences of opinion from him as well.

The piece or the events upon which it’s based?

I think Freetown Grafton it was an interesting experiment though obviously poorly organized and underpinned by wacky people with an excessively individualistic idea of how human society should work, which predictably led to many problems.

It’s important to note that the core ideological thread of libertarianism is liberty. That is, opposing domination and coercion of people by others. These other ideas the modern American libertarian movement has grafted on about individualism and capitalism really aren’t that closely related to that core concept, and in some ways are in tension with them. It’s fully possible to be an anti-capitalist libertarian who believes that humans need to work together to solve problems. That is my position, and my hope is that with more rigorous planning and cooperation, a society where state coercion is minimal or absent is possible. But it would require a less coercive form of social organization to take on the services currently offered by the government.

In my view, this should happen first before attempting to completely overthrow or dismantle government. This is one of the mistakes made by the Grafton libertarians. That said, there are some institutions like the military or prison systems that are so harmful that I think it’s justified to fight against them even without a clear alternative in place.

But I still think it’s good to see people experimenting with alternative social arrangements so we can gather evidence on what works and what doesn’t. The results weren’t great, but neither were they so catastrophic as to not be worth the attempt and information gained from it. In contrast we see many horrific failures and abuses of government power all around us, but people fail to question the foundations of that power, despite these dire consequences.

Very true. I consider myself one but I don’t usually share that since people will get the wrong idea.

He’s just not any kind of libertarian. He’s the head of state and supports a lot of strong and unnecessary interventions into people’s lives. As well as power grabs like the one in the article.

“Libertarian”

Isolation is the one part of the carceral system that does have some effect, but I don’t think it’s the best way to achieve even that part.

I guess I don’t know the previous situation in Italy with regards to this issue. Was there a large number of people getting caught for these offenses and then released? Because killing someone and locking them up for 20 years is basically just as good from the perspective of separating victim and offender. It would be better to focus on consistent investigation and capture than on harsher penalties.

Or on programs that work to prevent violence in the first place. But we would only pursue those if we cared more about helping potential victims than about hurting offenders. That doesn’t seem to be the priority for most people.