Mastodawn

I hope that
after the '#Trump' experience
#Americans have understood that
#Rights, #Freedoms, #Democracy...
are NOT 'easy' to maintain, protect.
It only takes an asshole, a con man, a pervert, a low criminal
to lose ALL
right, freedoms, ...future.
All thing that seemed to be ... certain
...gone.
Freedom and rights must be CONSTANTLY DEFENDED
because if you 'relax'
a 'trump'
always will pop-up
and take everything away.

VeganAtheist May 29

#Democracy is #worth #protecting
From scrolling through the news to streaming your favourite shows or debating with friends in the bar, democracy in the #EU makes our everyday #freedoms #possible.

It’s hard to #imagine #life without them. Yet the #rights and freedoms we enjoy today were not always #guaranteed - they were #built and #defended over #generations.

Today, #democratic #principles are #increasingly #underpressure, including in #Europe. But together we can stem the tide.
https://commission.europa.eu/protect-what-matters-our-democracy_en

Protect what matters: our democracy

Democracy is under pressure across the world, including in Europe. Discover how the EU is stepping up to protect it, and what citizens can do to help.

European Commission

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Truth Collector May 16

@drwho I'm not a big employer but if you're able to ping pong ideas to SOLVE *this actual #job problem* (how to work together for smaller things constructively) + give/get mutual help then we can start changing the world.... ?

I appreciate your need / preference for longer #employment but the future is about #micro-#solidarity since we're anyway squeezed out / devalued / automated / redundant.

The best employers and servants of #society are for our own #freedoms / #dreams + paying ourselve$

bikejourno May 10

As a progressively and ecologically minded leftist, all things #China are the real test to me if other lefties support #freedoms and #democracy.
If they support the authoritarian #CCP and repeat #XiJinping's hollow talking points without criticism, they act as Beijing's anti-imperialist sock puppets and do not support freedoms or democracy. And they most certainly are not my allies.
#politics #geopolitics #FarEast

Ham on Wry May 2

Maybe what we need is a Supreme, Supreme Court.

One that can overturn the shameful right-wing biased decisions that SCOTUS has used to shred the American constitution. It’s time to begin restoring order and rebuilding the foundations of American democracy.

#scotus #republicans #constitution #rights #freedoms #MAGA #trump #mcconnell #votingrights #Midterms #HamonWry #iran #middleeast #news #worldnews #politics #democracy

bikejourno Apr 22

For the record: I did not need a batshit crazy #manifesto to know that #Palantir is bad news. Knowing that #PeterThiel is behind Palantir was enough to set all my alarm bells off.
Thiel is an enemy of progressive #democracy and the #freedoms as we know them. And Palantir should not be granted access to any data. Seriously, some #tech bros seem to have toasted their brains with those microdoses.
#resist #privacy

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Truth Collector Apr 20

@lightbocks Appreciate the words.

"#Petri dishes" are not far wrong, more in the sense that we are made from #bacteria or things that #grow / #work #together - else we die or get taken over (by #cancerous #cells: #Trump and co.)

People need to be more #viral else they settle or worse accept the #bad #games / bad work done to their children that we should be pass on more towards #Freedom/ #Freedoms.

Not selling ppl / planet / pretending everything isn't a scientifically designed trap. 👍

Richard Michael Blaber Apr 19

https://theconversation.com/why-many-of-hungarys-religious-groups-will-be-celebrating-viktor-orbans-election-loss-280478. "In a 2014 decision, the #European #Court of #HumanRights ruled that Hungary’s #religion #law was in breach of multiple #articles of the European #Convention. This included Article 11, which protects the #freedoms of #religion & #association. The #judgment included an order to establish a new process for registering #religious groups & a requirement to provide #financial #restitution to the complainants."

Why many of Hungary’s religious groups will be celebrating Viktor Orbán’s election loss

Orbán’s 16-year rule changed Hungary’s religious landscape.

The Conversation

CBC Politics Apr 17

Charter at a turning point as it turns 44
Canada's Justice Minister Sean Fraser says he has significant concerns with the way the provinces are overriding Charter rights by invoking the notwithstanding clause, and he's prepared to establish guardrails around its use as the document turns 44.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/charter-rights-freedoms-turns-44-9.7166036?cmp=rss

CBC World Apr 13

EU president calls Hungary election a 'victory for fundamental freedoms' as world leaders congratulate Magyar
European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed Hungary's election as "a victory for fundamental freedoms," and compared the ousting of nationalist Viktor Orbán to the country's 1956 ‌anti-Soviet uprising and its 1989 break with communism.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hungary-magyar-world-reaction-9.7161463?cmp=rss