Wait, Democrats AND Republicans, and it's named the Kids Online Safety Act....
Yeah, all of that is a huge red flag.
Also, reminder, it's not the government's job to give us safety, it's their job to protect rights. Almost any "safety" bill is going to be authoritarian nonsense. Especially kid safety. Especially internet safety. I'm just surprised that not trying to take the guns too (that I know of, haven't read it), I suppose that's for a different bill.
Every single government is a gang of thugs with a monopoly on violence over a specific territory. That's it, nothing more. Sometimes that gang can be on your side, oftentimes they're mostly on their own side, and sometimes they can be downright bastards.
Lets not push delusional ideas about "protecting rights" or whatever.
As far as censorship -- I think it's reasonable and correct to flag any game that promotes sexual deviancy (whether it's a character or a flag) as MA or equivalent rating. Beyond that parents can take some responsibility.
Lets not push delusional ideas about "protecting rights" or whatever.
I'm saying that's their ideal purpose. Government is also ideally a tool, and should be stopped from becoming too powerful of a gang...we obviously failed on that front this time around. But in an actually representational system, yes, the government should be protecting rights.
As far as censorship -- I think it's reasonable and correct to flag any game that promotes sexual deviancy (whether it's a character or a flag) as MA or equivalent rating. Beyond that parents can take some responsibility.
It should all be on the parents. Any time the government gets involved, shit gets messy. Any rating system should be voluntary, with a nongovernment oversight committee or something. Because, as you said, the government often ends up with too much power, so them getting involved is ripe for abuse, no matter how good the goals sound.
Hell, even if this is claiming to hold big tech accountable, I think we should know when it's just someone using a cause like that just for their own agenda.
Yeah, all of that is a huge red flag.
Also, reminder, it's not the government's job to give us safety, it's their job to protect rights. Almost any "safety" bill is going to be authoritarian nonsense. Especially kid safety. Especially internet safety. I'm just surprised that not trying to take the guns too (that I know of, haven't read it), I suppose that's for a different bill.
Every single government is a gang of thugs with a monopoly on violence over a specific territory. That's it, nothing more. Sometimes that gang can be on your side, oftentimes they're mostly on their own side, and sometimes they can be downright bastards.
Lets not push delusional ideas about "protecting rights" or whatever.
As far as censorship -- I think it's reasonable and correct to flag any game that promotes sexual deviancy (whether it's a character or a flag) as MA or equivalent rating. Beyond that parents can take some responsibility.
I'm saying that's their ideal purpose. Government is also ideally a tool, and should be stopped from becoming too powerful of a gang...we obviously failed on that front this time around. But in an actually representational system, yes, the government should be protecting rights.
It should all be on the parents. Any time the government gets involved, shit gets messy. Any rating system should be voluntary, with a nongovernment oversight committee or something. Because, as you said, the government often ends up with too much power, so them getting involved is ripe for abuse, no matter how good the goals sound.
Hell, even if this is claiming to hold big tech accountable, I think we should know when it's just someone using a cause like that just for their own agenda.