Comment on Wikimedia Foundation calls on US Supreme Court to strike laws that threaten Wikipedia

• SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why would certain groups have autonomy on some things but not others? They don’t get to pick and choose. Either declare independence or submit to the central government.

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  • Furball@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I strongly disagree. Local autonomy is important for a functioning country, especially one with minority ethnic groups.

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    • SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Is this a US thing I’m too French to understand?

      Mn a functioning country, minority ethnic groups are regular citizens without a special status and don’t have more legitimacy to be autonomous than other people. Ethnic groups don’t control land; governments do. Otherwise, it’s called an ethnostate and it’s not a good thing.

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      • Furball@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No, this is a “normal” thing that you are too French to understand.

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      • AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        In a functioning country, minority ethnic groups are regular citizens without a special status

        Would it be correct to say that you don’t care for affirmative action?

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      • Sternout@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Federalism works pretty well in Germany too. Why would you want one central government have decide what happens in your region far away from the capital?

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      • Literati@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Is this a US thing I’m too French to understand?

        I’d say likely yes to this. It’s much easier to centrally govern a more geographically dense and homogeneous country.

        In the US we have strong localized government (city/county, state) and the more sweeping Federal government.

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      • azertyfun@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Frérot, la France a des territoires d’outre-mer qui votent leurs propres lois et ont leur propre monnaie.

        Ensuite tu dois connaître trop peu de ta propre histoire pour dire que les états fédéraux sont des “ethnostates”. La France depuis Louis XIV a systématiquement réprimé, violemment, les langues et les cultures non-Parisiennes sur son territoire. L’EN n’enseigne que le Français, et les enfants qui y parlaient une autre langue étaient frappés jusqu’à ce qu’ils arrêtent.

        Les Parisiens ont éradiqué les autres cultures de France, et je ne vois pas en quoi c’est plus légitime et moins problématique que de laisser des régions avec une langue et une culture différente s’auto-administrer pour prendre en compte leur différence.

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  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Does it make sense to have local government? A mayor or a city council that decides how to run a town? You could (and certainly will) end up with with situations where some things are generally legal in the country, but illegal in some specific towns.

    States are really no different.

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