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

• 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.

  source

  • Furball@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

    source
  • 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?

    source

    • SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It can be useful to improve the condition of minorities, but it is not a special status like First Nations or even an autonomous government.

      source
  • 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?

    source

    • SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What’s the point of being a single country if each territory has its own laws?

      source

      • btp@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Checks and balances. Plus, the U.S. is a very large country, with a large population that has their own priorities and values. Local municipalities can also vary largely within state governments. The federal system allows these communities to self-determine, while also enacting a foundation of basic rights and government function.

        source
      • Sternout@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        if each territory has its own laws?

        This is not the case.

        Most of the laws are on a national level.

        source
  • 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.

    source
  • 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.

    source