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Spain's Hologram Protest: Thousands Join Virtual March In Madrid
An anonymous reader writes Thousands of people marched past a parliament building in Madrid to protest a new law that they say endangers civil liberties. But none of them were actually there. From the article: "Late last year the Spanish government passed a law that set extreme fines for protesters convening outside of government buildings. In response to the controversial Citizen Safety Law, which will take effect on July 1, Spanish activists have staged the world's first ever virtual political demonstration. After months of massive flesh-and-blood protests against the so-called 'gag law', thousands of holograms last night marched in front of the Spanish parliament in Madrid."
In too much of the world today other things than humans have more rights.
This ranges from corporations having many/most of the rights of humans in many countries, while at the same time only having to pay fines for crimes where humans would be put to jail. And ranging to things like the compensation values of different things you do when damaging humans compared to damaging property.
No holograms showed up. This is a pepper's ghost illusion apparently performed with a projector and semitransparent material.
But I guess "hologram" nets more clicks.
"Nine times out of ten, starting a fire is not the best way to solve the problem." - my wife
I look outside my manse window and see the hooligans shouting and pumping their fists into the air, and wonder, what is the benefit of it all? We've already bought the media, we control the message, so what do they think they're going to incite? The age of protest is dead, the age of tribute is begun. The ones who have the gold make the rules, as the richest voices get to shout loudest; of course, we make sure we're on the right side. And if we get to profit a bit from the arrangement, so what?
The Citizen Safety Law, contrary to its detractors, IS accurately named. The only thing protest is good for nowadays is trashing, looting, and injuries whenever it gets out of hand. Now bereft of purpose, the mob is only able to produce negative effects; this law simply dissipates the chaos before it can cause any harm.
Corruption is convincing someone that the selfless ideal is the same as their selfish ideal.
Politicians respond to anything that seems harder. Why they don't respond to emails so much as letters. You mailed a letter... it is harder then popping off an email.
So a virtual protester doesn't mean much. Just saying.
I've decided to stop wasting my time responding to AC trolls/sockpuppets... so if you want a response from me... login.
The reason there are more demonstrations with right wing governments in power anywhere is that the sort of hard left types who demonstrate are usually young , angry and naive. Right wing voters are usually more mature and protest in other ways when a left wing government is in power.
I really hate summaries that conspicuously omit the only thing that's really important in the whole article.
I hate comments that say that something is "really important" but don't explain what it is.
So, which "really important" thing in the article is missing from the summary?
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
You are very wrong, at least in Spain, there are ALWAYS more protests against left governs than against the right wing governs for simple reason, right wings are extremists and they don't care about people so they don't simply give a f*ck about persons and their rights ... spanish right wing protest in masses against women rights to abort and they kill people ... so please, get your facts straight first.
It may also have something to do with the attempts by the conservative government to remove peoples rights (said law is a good example), including abortion rights. And their economic policy is a mix of insane boondoggles (transporting water from one part of the country to another) and attacks on trade unions.
That doesn't mean the economy shouldn't reform, but the current proposals are, IMO, pretty one-sided.
Therefore, by the (faulty) logic you're using, you're just a cow with a keyboard - osu-neko (2604)
It is once the law enforcement agents start battering people with night sticks.
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