sumofchemicalsJul 15, 2023

What are some "new" rights you'd like to see countries commit to?

https://lemmy.world/post/1540729

What are some "new" rights you'd like to see countries commit to? - Lemmy.world

I know some places are more progressive in this regard. But from the U.S., I’d like to see every person entitled to: - shelter - food - healthcare - education and higher education (As an aside, not sure “right” is the best term here, I think of these more as commitments that society would make because we have abundance. One advantage of the word “right” is that a person is justified in expecting it - it’s not welfare/ a benefit / a privilege)

Show threadfuboJul 15, 2023

Anyone held in prison, jail, or other confinement shall be permitted to post up to one kilobyte (1024 characters) of text every day. These posts shall be published on a public web site operated by the imprisoning authority, and in print form in the imprisoning authority’s capital city or other central location. These posts shall be tagged with the prisoner’s name, geographic location, and any identification number the imprisoning authority uses.

This serves a few purposes:

  • No government or other authority may hold a prisoner secretly.
  • All prisoners may plead their innocence to anyone who cares to hear.
  • No prisoner is to be held in such complete isolation that they can’t communicate to the public about the conditions of their imprisonment.
  • Anyone interested in auditing the state of their government’s prisons may begin by inspecting the stated locations of prisoners.
  • Any prisoner who is not literate shall be afforded literacy education to enable them to participate.
Show threadintensely_human

Yeah but what if the prisoners use their 1024 kb to talk about ivermectin, or about eating tide pods, or claiming that sriracha hot sauce is overhyped garbage, or other harmful disinformation?

Didn’t think of that did ya?

/s

Jul 18, 2023 at 5:01amWeb
Show threadintensely_humanJul 18, 2023
1 kb whatever