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ikekkdcjkfketoday at 2:59 PM6 repliesview on HN

Remember that the power is always with the people. We can enact any law we want


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edm0ndtoday at 8:09 PM

the power is not with the people (us) but with the people in power (corpos and politicians). We (they) can enact any laws we (they) want.

inigyoutoday at 3:54 PM

Power in numbers is with the people. Power in votes is with whoever has the votes. Power in money is with the billionaires. Power comes in many forms and isn't fungible.

Forgeties79today at 4:17 PM

Unless you’re in, say, Ohio, where the government will simply overrule decisive mandates with years of procedural nonsense https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/31/ohio-republican-la...

mingus88today at 3:56 PM

ok but who enforces the law?

If you haven’t been paying attention lately, laws are only as good as they are enforced and it has become obvious that the ruling class is not going to enforce laws against themselves.

The solution here is not something most people are willing to inconvenience themselves over

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papyrus9244today at 4:27 PM

Laws are great and all. But what we really need is a massive boycott. Stop buying shit manufactured or sold by Sony for a year. That alone will probably force them to backtrack every single anti consumer decision they've made recently.

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shuwixtoday at 4:01 PM

In democracy, power comes from demos. In capitalism, power comes from capital.

Demos doesn't have capital. People never had power. Whenever they've thought they won ... they just damaged position of someone powerful for someone even more powerful without even knowing it.