you can speak to a reader, you can call for their attention.

with bluetooth earphones and smartphones, it's like you're in two different realities. Because other people stop existing in that bubble, because they become part of the background, bubbled people stop caring about them.

Well, you are taking the excuse given at face value. Do you also think laws for back doors in encryption systems are to protect the children?

Because other people stop existing in that bubble, because they become part of the background, bubbled people stop caring about them.

See also !fuckcars@lemmy.world

Honestly there were some food points back then. A lot of people simply are not able to wear headphones responsibly. It's only gotten worse with noise cancelling technology. The ability to ignore the outside world is great when you're in a safe space to do so, but people doing it out in public or while driving are absolutely mad.

The quotes about "breaking societal connections" or whatever are funny to me though. Because that was happening at the time, but it had far more to do with the erosion of 3rd places and the rise of car-centric infrastructure than it did headphones.

I still have a walkman in my eurorack (the Loopman from Error Intruments).

Back doors are never safe. Never a good idea. They are always eventually a security hole.

And you think conservatives are genuinely trying to pass these other laws for the good of society and not for control?

Can you write up the logic chain that made you assume I think any particular law is good for society, let alone the one you focused on?

All I was commenting on was the idea that conservatives are the ones crying “we live in a society” and not progressives. I’ve always considered progressive ideas to be more in touch with “we live in a society!” Than conservatives who want to punish and suppress marginalized groups who are, in fact, part of society.

What the hell man?

“Fuck you I got mine” is not considering others and ignores that we live in a society. And that’s what these conservative leaders are all about.

Corporations having no responsibility for the environment and the communities they are part of is a conservative ideal. It does not support society.

I noted the environmental laws because they were exceptions, and look a bit surprising in retrospect. When one learns Nixon passed major environmental laws, they are often surprised.

Oh wait, are you here to say those environmental laws, things like the clean air act are just tools of control over the common man. Clean air and water is oppression?

tons of people in multi-use trails are just completely obvious to everyone trying to pass them. and then of course, when you do pass them, they panic and scream and throw a tantrum about how you almost hit them.

Progressives say, "We live in a society, so let's not harm each other." Conservatives say, "Do what I want, not what you want, or society will crumble." Take a look at all the morality laws, and try to find even two where the ultimate result isn't punishment for daring to live in a manner they don't agree with. And the overwhelming majority of those morality laws are passed by conservatives. Even libertarians complain if someone has the audacity to tax them for the roads they use, especially the ones they use indirectly.

Even when the laws are for good reasons, control is applied. Do you not see how unnecessary regulatory burden can be used as a tool for gatekeeping? As for environmental laws, it's a bit audacious to talk about Nixon given what Trump has done in the last couple months. Who in their right mind (who isn't profiting from the sale of coal) wants to keep coal plants that operate at a loss around, whether you believe in climate change or not?

I was being facetious. That's the excuse these idiots use for every single "new" thing.