I think this is perfect. Make it legal but non-commercial. It should not be allowed to make a profit off of other people’s addiction and there shouldn’t be financial incentives to get people addicted as quickly as possible.

I wish they would do the same for alcohol, tobacco, gambling, etc.

Because the protections that are in place for a very good reason, are not being implemented by those in power. I don’t know why.

No need to break the law, it’s in the German constitution:

Article 20 […] (4) All Germans shall have the right to resist any person seeking to abolish this constitutional order if no other remedy is available.

And you want to give the state the power to get rid of any group it deems undesirable?

The state already has the power to get rid of any group that seeks to destabilize our democratic system. This is a very central part of our constitution (see article 9, 18, 20 or 21). It’s basically a way to deal with the paradox of tolerance, if you’re not familiar with that concept here’s the wikipedia definition:

The paradox of tolerance states that if a society’s practice of tolerance is inclusive of the intolerant, intolerance will ultimately dominate, eliminating the tolerant and the practice of tolerance with them.

Ultimately, it is within the law to personally get rid of a group that wants to destroy our free and democratic system:

Article 20 […] (4) All Germans shall have the right to resist any person seeking to abolish this constitutional order if no other remedy is available.

This is usually interpreted as including physical violence.

I agree that ultimately, force is needed to get rid of fascism. But that doesn’t have to be physical violence, a somewhat functioning democratic system usually also has legislative force that can be used first. The German constitution was written up immediately after the horrors of the nazi regime and WWII. And it offers a lot of tools to fight fascism without physical violence. Political parties can be made illegal for example and individuals can lose their constitutional rights if they use them to destabilize the state. Of course, this won’t get rid of fascists but it may weaken them enough to not be a threat anymore.

People are protesting, among other things, for these tools to be used right now, before it’s too late and before physical violence is the only way out.

Yes, this is what made me switch. I had heard about the fediverse, but it seemed too complicated and I didn’t want to do the research and find out how it works. Then someone on reddit said “just sign up to lemmy.world lol”, I tried it and that was it.

After a while, I decided to go with a local instance, but just having somewhere to start was what pushed me over the edge.

Where the fuck are my fellow car and tinkering nerds at? And no one does projects around the house? So few posts in some of the home owner communities as well.

I’m right here, where are you guys? Still looking for a good homeowner and DIY community on lemmy.

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