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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by PostOnce on Thursday September 22, 2022 @09:26PM (#32946891)
We have the concept of a "state of emergency" for a reason, to temporarily give the government additional power to deal with emergencies.

We don't want a completely powerless government, we invented government and endowed it with certain powers for a good reason. That's why states of emergency, etc, are temporary and time limited because we are aware of the tradeoffs and downsides of additional govt power vs catastrophic immediate necessity.

If I lived next to an active forest fire, I wouldn't want the govt to commission a 36 month study to determine whether the fire was spread along the ground, or via airborne flaming leaves and embers. I would want them to put it out, even if that meant exercising temporary emergency powers like closing a road or shutting off a power line.

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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by rmatt2000 on Thursday September 22, 2022 @10:48PM (#32947437)
> to temporarily give the government additional power to deal with emergencies.

I just want to point out that, according to the U.S. federal government, we are still in a "temporary" state of emergency, and have been for 30 months now.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/15/health/covid-public-health-em...

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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by int_19h on Friday September 23, 2022 @05:35AM (#32949723)
That's actually normal for US: as of 2022, we have 42 concurrent ongoing states of national emergency. The oldest of which has to do with the Islamic Revolution in Iran, making it 43 years old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_emergencies_i...

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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by PostOnce on Friday September 23, 2022 @01:22AM (#32948358)
I'm not sure if you're aware, but pandemics aren't generally weekend events. Emergency powers help us keep more Americans safe & alive.

Also, "State of Emergency" != Martial Law, so I'm not sure what you & your ilk are so disturbed about.

Does "The public health emergency declaration allows many Americans to obtain free Covid-19 testing, therapeutic treatment and vaccines. Once it ends, people could face out-of-pocket costs" sound like tyrannical government overreach to you? (from your link)

Speaking of which, New York is now in a State of Emergency because there is a polio outbreak in 2022

Great job, guys. A polio outbreak in New York in 2022. FDR would be proud of us.

POLIO.

I can't imagine vaccinate "skepticism" (read: illiteracy and dearth of critical thinking) has nothing to do with this.

POLIO. In 2022. We did this.

Can't wait to see what we manage to fuck up in the next 20 years.

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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by warmwaffles on Friday September 23, 2022 @09:46AM (#32951896)
> POLIO. In 2022. We did this.

First off there are two strains of polio. It will never be eradicated, it'll just mutate and move on. Just like the Spanish Flu did.

Second

> "State of Emergency" != Martial Law

It certainly was being treated like that early days during the pandemic. Shuttering all businesses, forcing people to stay home, and curfews.

> Emergency powers help us keep more Americans safe & alive. > ... > Can't wait to see what we manage to fuck up in the next 20 years.

You are being hyperbolic.

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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by annad2021 on Thursday September 22, 2022 @11:05PM (#32947540)
Yes, so temporary that it's still not lifted. I wonder why...
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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:02AM (#32947896)
The answer is obvious. The 5G chip implants that are part of the vaccine have not reached enough people, and until that happens, thus enabling world order government via radio control, the state of emergency will continue.
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