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A comment on Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal shift from road to rail. Parent comment

Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by fennecfoxy on Monday October 14, 2024 @05:59AM (#41835952)
Well I'm not going back to Singapore until they treat gay men like myself better. I've been there; Singapore is a private money pit/playground for Western and Asian high business, much like Dubai.
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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by eru on Monday October 14, 2024 @09:07AM (#41837154)
When have you last been? They have recently improved the de jure treatment of gay people. (The de facto treatment hasn't changed.)

I agree that the laws about homosexuality are weird, but they are also democratic: it's broadly in line with what the population wants as far as I can tell.

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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by consteval on Monday October 14, 2024 @12:38PM (#41839173)
That's not what democratic means. If the people did not vote on them, it's not democratic, even if it appears as though they would hypothetically vote for it.
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Re:Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant modal sh... by eru on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @06:17AM (#41847001)
Huh? The people voted for the government that implemented the policy. Just like with every policy in any representative democracy anywhere around the world.
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