Posted on 09/04/2024 5:51:32 AM PDT by Sam77
“Research” ... sure...;)
The bureaucracy certainly seems to hold power here. I doubt that this country or this world will see real peace and righteousness until Jesus ushers in the Millenium.
Yeah that wasnt a very heavy lift for google, “porn star Italian politics”.
All adult-citizens have a right to be heard in our democracy.
But 1% of the population shouldn’t get their way >60% of the time on those issues where the interests of the rich / corporations collide with that of the majority of the citizens and basic civil rights are not a constraint.
Ever notice how you never hear about polls asking if China (mainland / PRC) should have most favored trade status? They can have a naval blockade of Taiwan and our MSM is not asking such a question. Our MSM won’t ask if our government should impose tariffs on China, if we should do more to stop US firms from going there, or bring manufacturing back... Why are these questions not asked???
Why did you have a lot of polls showing how Americans support the war in Ukraine, but as soon as the polls flip the other way the polling and publication of the results ceases? What’s up with that?
You have a sort of collision between the bureaucracy and political class (they choose the leaders and control the budget), the political class and oligarchs (who pay for the campaigns, PACs, and make the political class rich), and the oligarchs with a media which they own or that is beholden to them (advertising revenue).
Disney can single handedly change US copyright laws: https://www.wionews.com/opinions-blogs/how-disney-routinely-exerted-influence-on-the-us-copyright-law-to-keep-its-greatest-asset-mickey-mouse-549141
Those with a lot of money basically can sway the political system in their favor: legal action, PACs, lobbying, campaign contributions, party contributions, the MSM which they own or influence, big tech which they own or influence, outright buying the politicians by making them or their family very wealthy (charities, foundations, hiring relatives, buying art work, speaker fees...).
While the rich should not be excluded and also have a right to be heard, their voice shouldn’t count 1,000,000 times that of the regular citizen.
Giorgia Meloni tells court alleged deepfake porn videos of her are ‘form of violence’
The Telegraph ^ | 08 October 2024 8:28pm BST | Nick Squires
Posted on 10/9/2024, 7:59:30 AM by jroehl
Italy’s prime minister appeared in court on Tuesday to demand punishment for two men who allegedly created deepfake pornographic videos of her and posted them online.
Giorgia Meloni, who dialled into the courtroom by videolink, has demanded 100,000 euros (£84,000) in compensation, which she said she will donate to a fund that helps female victims of domestic violence.
Roberto Scurosu, 73, and his son Alessio Scurosu, 40, from Sardinia, are accused of creating the fake videos featuring Ms Meloni and posting them to American porn websites in 2020, two years before she became prime minister.
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