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awaysaway@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days ago

What are things that are illegal today that could become legal in 50 years?

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What are things that are illegal today that could become legal in 50 years?

awaysaway@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days ago
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piggybacking on @only_in_ohio@sh.itjust.works great post yesterday

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  • squinky@sh.itjust.works
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    In the US? Child labor.

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      Depending on the state it’s legal now. Arkansas…

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    Slavery.

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      I don’t know, slavery is pretty legal in a lot of places, including the USA.

      Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

      Sounds pretty legal to me. Just gotta drum up charges against whoever you want to enslave in the USA.

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    Cannabis. Possibly psilocybin.

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      Not with the way the US is headed.

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        There’s money to be made. Profit trumps “morals” in the US.

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          Does it though? We are literally watching payment processors change this in the gaming world right now.

          Banning porn is literally a major part of Project 2025, as are draconian drug laws.

        • iamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.world
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          Pretty sure arresting minorities trumps “morals”.

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          It’s never been about morals. Drug prohibition has always been about legal justification to harass and arrest minorities.

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        In my state, it is already legal to buy supplies for growing mushrooms, possess an amount for personal use, and give and recieve them without payment. You just can’t sell them for profit.

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          For how long? You live in a fucked up country. How long before feds start arresting people in legal states.

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    Considering I’ll be an old fecker in 50 years, I sure hope euthanasia is legal by then.

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      It is in some countries already.

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        Some US states as well, at least it was a couple years ago. Oregon IIRC

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      SAME

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    Probably literal slavery instead of the Quasi slavery we have now. They’re just going to cut out the middle man I think.

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    In 50 years we’re basically gonna be living in madmax. So everything is legal. Wild west baby

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    Legal for who?

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      feel free to specify if you have something in mind

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    In the USA, it’ll become legal for corporations to fully own politicians and be treated as de facto nation states

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      Read Snow Crash

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      Why stop at owning politicians? Corporations already have a sort of Personhood. Just run the company itself for office.

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    Punching Nazis

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      While I understand the sentiment, I hope you’re wrong. Once you make it possible to legally punch people for any reason, it’s really easy to just include more groups into the punchable ones.

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      Haha you think we’re actually going to be able to get rid of them?

      I wish I had your optimism.

      No, in 50 years time America will still be a fascist power, but militarily entrenched and with colonized land

      We’re already past the time to stop them and unlike shitler, there’s no other world power that can even come close to matching us militarily.

      So with no coallition allies strong to save the world from the latest eruption of fascism, where the fuck exactly do you think this is going long-term?

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    Brutal execution of people committing “crimes”.

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    Well since we are all sliding into fascism, here’s my prediction for 50 years from now:

    Slavery and lynch mobs will be legal (provided the targets are the ‘correct’ ones)

    Women’s rights will be nonexistent

    Military press gangs will be legal

    It’s really sad how optimistic you all are in light of actual reality happening around you.

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    Look at Cyberpunk 2077… Take your pick

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    weed

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    Modifying a 4d hypercube to embed it with perpetual catharsis and spiking someone’s drink with it

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    Hunting the poor for sport.

    Alternatively, hunting the rich for sport.

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