So what is it - a "free market", or a "pretend free market"?

Pretty obviously the latter. That is where the remedy is needed.

Fire up your heat pumps now in anticipation of winter. You'll not regret it.

Reduce copyright to 10 years. Maybe we will be spared the low-effort sequels, spin-offs and remakes. I mean, how much can you squeeze out of Star Wars, Marvel and Oceans nn?

Rabbi Hillel the Elder (1st century BCE) expressed an ethical principle that is often called the Silver Rule.

The Rule:

"What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow."

He said this when asked to summarise the entire Torah "while standing on one foot." His full response continued: "The rest is commentary; go and learn."

Nobody is denying nations and cultures change over time. But who gets to decide how they change? The people within in it or those outside of it? Can we choose who we want to become, or are we obliged to accept whatever change the cat drags in?

btw, I wasn't aware national policy was dictated by writing poetry on the base of a statue, over twenty years after the stature, which had nothing to do with the poem, was erected.

In case you're interested, an actual example of policy implemented by the Federal government would be be Naturalization Act of 1790.

You leftists seem to have a talent for spouting off fine sounding platitudes with no basis in reality, whatsoever.

"If you don't verify your age, then you'll be treated as a child or teenager, meaning that both the web content filter and communication safety features are switched on."

How can this go wrong? [roblox]

Overlords, you do not live in a vacuum. You live in a country with a Bill of Rights and a Constitution. These rights apply to everybody. Ignoring them will be bad for you. Don't do it.

That is the point. Quick. Name 3 browsers not based on Chrome...

Cash is not the only way to support...

There are people who want it, and it should always be a choice. They key is "choice."

He may be in the EU where he can demand they delete his posts.

There are people deleting older posts now...

Lemmy. Decentralized so harder to scrape and abuse. But also harder to find content.

Lower overall numbers but curated and more valuable users. No one wants to advertise to ChatGPT...

But a lot of the better content will go to Lemmy. Where it is also harder for AI to scrape.