The political world need to be reintroduced to the concept “not their problem.”
The way my parents raised me was that they taught me to be responsible for my own decisions about what I saw online, and gave me the right to open up to them about whatever I wanted, which I did on multiple occasions. Guess what? In high school, when I was ragingly horny 24/7, I looked at a lot of porn. Decades later, I don’t regret it at all. I am well adjusted about sex. I am comforable with the distinction between reality and fiction, between roleplaying and abuse. I was not “damaged,” I learned a lesson growing up that far too many adults seem to have missed.
Should it have been legal for my parents to do this? Fuck off, this question doesn’t deserve an answer. It isn’t the government’s concern. Part of becoming a mature adult is knowing how to exercise personal judgement.
This extends everywhere. If a parent wants to let their child have a beer, or a joint, to learn how to responsibly handle substances, it is not the government’s problem. If a parent wants to teach their child to be disobedient, to start protests, to stand up for themselves and their rights, that is none of the government’s business.
This exact behavior is the core concern of the 4th amendment. There need to be privacy lines the government does not cross. Mandating ID verifiction for every device and service used by everyone in the country is an obscene overreach. It is not reasonable to mandate a private company run papers-please checks on any device I can buy at a normal store. This is practically the definition of unreasonable search. The proper reaction to this should not just be bitching online, it should be protests and lawsuits.
There is already more than enough government fuckery afoot to justify unlimited anger, this is just icing on the cake. Disobey! Break stupid laws! Every day, share files! Ignore terms of service! Make them take you down, and make them defend it in court! Then gather together in large groups and block some fucking highways, because we need to end this. Nothing will change until we change it.
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