TheJesusaurus

You’re correct. There are 12 European monarchies but a number of the city-states are not technically EU member states. I should have said Europe rather than EU, and I was outright incorrect to say majority.

Does it change any of what I’ve said? Many of the most well developed countries on the planet are monarchies. The original intent of my post was to call that out

A majority of the EUs member states are monarchies and the Commonwealth nations have not distanced themselves legally or ceremonially on any meaningful way that I’m aware of in recent history

Canada are equally as much a monarchy as the UK in legal and ceremonial mechanisms, same as all the others. Functionally their democracies all work extremely similarly for most Commonwealth derived countries

No it’s not, but all those places are monarchies and derive their law ultimately from the authority from a crown

You’re right about the substance, but are you saying that most of the EU, Canada, Australia, New zealand are not civilized?

Never, and don’t wait for them

I’m not gonna wear them, but we’re talking specifically about public spaces. If someone is invading your privacy none of this applies

Ohhh wow, really triggered you with the world’s tamest insult

I know

What part of the social contract is being breached by filming in public with a glasses shaped camera vs a regular camera

Ok, that’s murder but you do you

Yes, I agree. So is the right to not have your shit rocked out in a public street because someone doesn’t like the shape of your camera

Yes, that’s why there are harassment laws.

Schools and gyms are not public spaces you dildo

It may well be in certain conditions. But if someone is assaulting you and you defend yourself, that isn’t battery. So I’m not sure how it relates to my point.

If you just go smack the glasses off someone’s face because you don’t like them, you are the asshole

I’m not entirely sure that’s true, but I’m not gonna argue

Well, this isn’t a law and nobody is promoting it. It’s the result of some research funded by the EU. If a law ever comes of it, it is going to go through a whole pile of democratic hurdles within the EU, and then again within each individual member state.

So again I ask. Which hidden dictatorships within the EU specifically are you referring to?

You think battery is acceptable but not illegal recording?

Which hidden dictatorships specifically?

The EU has a lot of positives but at the end of the day it’s still a bourgeoise capitalist project

This one is too good to catch on