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the_pwner224 · 2021-12-23 08:11:04

In theory, yes. In practice... no, unfortunately. The people of America seem to be fine with it.

Actually, as another commenter mentioned, they probably already are doing it. It would be stupid to think otherwise.

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lawnchair_larry | karma 10934 | avg karma 2.88 · | 2021-04-24 22:11:32+00:00

Yep, and they already do it voluntarily in the US.

thfuran | karma 7179 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2023-06-12 17:32:37

Well, yes. I mean if the US were to undertake something similar to the proposal.

jrochkind1 | karma 26717 | avg karma 3.67 · | 2019-02-25 12:07:45

It is most definitely not already the case in the US.

yitosda | karma 133 | avg karma 2.71 · | 2018-04-17 21:31:31+00:00

Yes. All those countries you have in mind can attempt that and likely already have. The creation of law or precedent in the USA doesn't make it happen elsewhere, nor does not having law or precedent in the USA prevent it elsewhere. This response comes up a lot, and it deserves to be considered more than rhetorically.

artninja1988 | karma 825 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2023-10-28 03:58:01

Isn't that already the case in the us?

danieltillett | karma 13030 | avg karma 2.16 · | 2018-09-27 04:49:49

Yes. I doubt they want to, but the US gov can be very insistent.

diffeomorphism | karma 3446 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2022-06-23 11:35:11

While this is about American politics, I would like to mention that other countries exist and Germany has already implemented this. There all the possible downsides 1.,2.,3. turned out to not happen (with some further public/political enforcement needed for 2.).

So while the objections sound like reasonable concerns, it might be that they are unfounded also in the US.

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RickJWagner | karma 10011 | avg karma 2.41 · | 2020-03-11 21:24:00+00:00

If they tried that in the US, the outcry would be deafening. (Especially with the current president. There would certainly be people accusing him of nefarious intent.)

I think it is probably a good way to decrease human interaction. But it's not politically feasible everywhere.

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heartbeats | karma 166 | avg karma 0.32 · | 2020-03-07 02:13:07+00:00

This is already done in many countries.

general_ai | karma 931 | avg karma 3.8 · | 2017-01-28 19:37:21

Yes, and US government is making changes to this procedure.

Hnrobert42 | karma 3859 | avg karma 2.95 · | 2020-09-19 02:28:21+00:00

No. I would not be happy about it. But I fully expect them to do it. There are no longer norms. Screw the country. It is every man for himself.

failwhaleshark | karma 472 | avg karma 0.63 · | 2021-07-02 07:02:37+00:00

Well, of course. This is the way it is in much of the world already.

emodendroket | karma 21781 | avg karma 1.83 · | 2017-04-07 13:24:10+00:00

Oh, well, if some other country does it it can't be bad.

jazoom | karma 1660 | avg karma 1.6 · | 2019-03-07 22:22:58+00:00

I wasn't at all saying the way it's done in USA is good. I was suggesting that making it allowed unless explicitly disallowed might be a better way to go.

zeynalov | karma 694 | avg karma 2.88 · | 2012-08-08 05:29:10

No, they can't do that everywhere. For example, in Sweden, China, Iran, France they would not be allowed to do that. It can be only done in anglo-american countries.

bhhaskin | karma 2350 | avg karma 2.63 · | 2015-10-15 22:41:25+00:00

Some countries are starting to do this. I think it is a great idea.

scotty79 | karma 14043 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2015-04-14 17:35:44+00:00

Lots of people are ok with that, especially in the US. That's why it's possible.

softwarebeware | karma 2752 | avg karma 4.81 · | 2022-03-25 08:08:20

I think most Americans would be fine with it. Hospitals, the military, and most public services like fire fighters use it already.

beachstartup | karma 4364 | avg karma 2.07 · | 2016-04-27 01:33:59

not going to happen in the US. you may not like it, but that has nothing to do with reality.