• starlinguk@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I live in Germany. A court just fined a politician for criticising the conservative party (CDU) because it was working together with the fascist party (AfD). The CDU sued him and won. Not the first time a judge supported the right wing either.

    That’s all you need to know, really.

  • Freshparsnip@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    I guess in theory most laws in Canada make sense. Court process is slow though. I think drugs should be decriminalized

  • zxqwas@lemmy.world
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    Any justice system is well adapted to how society was in the near past.

    There could be improvements, a major overhaul of the sentencing scale for example. Over the years there have been increased sentences for some crimes but not others which can create funny technicalities that if you threaten someone with a weapon you get a lesser sentence than just handling an illegal weapon.

    Over all it’s good, not excellent.

  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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    Many laws in the UK align with basic human moral values, but some serious reform (no, not that one) is needed in terms of copyright shouldn’t exist, capitalism is too unrestricted, healthcare is being underfunded, particularly for GAC and mental health, and there are worrying trends in the direction of less freedom of speech and privacy, both in real life with the recent protest restriction laws, and how they’re trying to break encryption on our devices.

  • Not a huge fan of the restrictions of liberty here in Australia. No free speech. Banned books with 15year prison for owning. Speed limits are too low. Marijuana is illegal. National parks are being closed to public. No gun rights. No right to silence.

    Other than that we probably have one of if not the best system in the world.