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Honestly (their) opinion needs to die. Any time people mobilise in big numbers to participate in democracy is a good thing on general principles, and unless people are signing a petition by the millions to like, make babies try cigarettes, it’s almost always going to be a good thing. It’s nirvana fallacy from top to bottom.

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Exactly. And once people sign a petition and see it actually get implemented increases the chance that they’ll get involved next time.

This petition is great because it’s:

actionable - it’s easy to see what the expectation out of a suggested policy is

non-specific - there are a bunch of laws around this, and having a specific petition that happens to be illegal is a great way to get it killed

broadly relevant - almost everyone who plays games cares, and gamers tend to complain more than act, so this is a baby step to get those people invested in action; even people who don’t care about games could care, such as right to repair people, since this lays a framework to get similar policies enacted

Something like homeless doesn’t have as clear of direction on solutions. Likewise ads, since that runs afoul of how tons of businesses make money, but this could be leveraged to reduce/eliminate ads in games that you pay for.

If this petition actually goes somewhere, I sincerely believe we’ll see more petitions from people who otherwise wouldn’t speak out. Ross was one of those people, and if he sees success, he’ll inspire a bunch of other people like him to act. I think it’s fantastic.
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Blisterexe@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Frankly if people are petitioning the government en masse to allow babies to smoke, I think the government should at least seriously consider it. Democracy isn’t just for when Ideas are good.

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- yakko@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  That’s what representatives are for, they hear the public and form a committee of experts, who then say no that’s insane, then we either go fuck ourselves or we riot. At some point down the line absolutely nobody’s happy, and that’s how you know you’re in a healthy democracy.
  
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  - Blisterexe@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I mean ideally any proposed law would go to referendum if there’s a popular enough petition for or against.
    
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    yakko@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    There does have to be a formal process to make sure the voters are being asked a question that is sane to begin with, and not merely being offered the chance to wreck their economy on behalf of moneyed interests. It’s a truism that when the questions are insane, the answers don’t matter. Whether it’s Brexit or smoking babies, there’s always an issue with vested interests having their own say on the matter.
    
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