• yermaw@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I think it will be a lot better if we could punish liars. If the population had access to trustworthy information and an accessible way to vote, we could have a true democracy.

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      2 days ago

      The question is, who is allowed to point out that RFK is a mass murdering liar, without opening the way for someone to declare that Sanders is a liar. Would a board of doctors, however big, have the authority to demote and lock up RFK? Do they file a complaint to a higher court that the Supreme Court will throw away? You’d have to revamp a lot of shit like not having the top court in the country be nominated by the president and such.

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        1 day ago

        I mean how you determine objective truth would be tricky, and then would someone count as a liar if they were misinformed themselves, or if they’re talking about potential from a gamble and lose. Its never actually going to happen, I just wish we could.