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  • @LegalEagle
    @LegalEagle  Před rokem +631

    👮‍♂ Do you use any of these freedoms?
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    • @VintageBassArchive
      @VintageBassArchive Před rokem +1

      You have been found guilty of not subscribing to my CZcams channel

    • @mischafellner8943
      @mischafellner8943 Před rokem +7

      The American flag is the universal symbol of freedom.

    • @davea6314
      @davea6314 Před rokem +16

      It's legal for dentists to put dangerous neurotoxic mercury dental fillings (AKA amalgam fillings) in your teeth here in the USA, but in most of Europe and Canada it's illegal. Neurotoxic mercury dental fillings (AKA amalgam fillings) should be illegal everywhere in the world!

    • @johnsmithe4656
      @johnsmithe4656 Před rokem +13

      @@mischafellner8943 sarcasm?

    • @EastyyBlogspot
      @EastyyBlogspot Před rokem +1

      Now i am thinking...illegal in usa but not in other countries, jaywalking is first thing that comes to mind though i know it is illegal in some other countries to

  • @19billdong96
    @19billdong96 Před rokem +9102

    “It’s your right as an American to look like an idiot, in fact no rights is more fundamentally American.”
    Succinct and accurate, great lawyer.

    • @Arbaaltheundefeated
      @Arbaaltheundefeated Před rokem +264

      I would counter that the most fundamentally American right is to *be* an idiot. To look like one comes second.

    • @josephippolito1402
      @josephippolito1402 Před rokem +6

      👍

    • @southcoastinventors6583
      @southcoastinventors6583 Před rokem +15

      I wonder if this is a unintentional dig against himself.

    • @adam346
      @adam346 Před rokem

      I mean... we know what they will pick on next if they want to re-introduce mass incarceration.

    • @szymonsabat8272
      @szymonsabat8272 Před rokem +6

      he lost my respect with this bit, prob got some alt-right fans for that tho, they like when ppl make fun of the looks of others...

  • @Vollification
    @Vollification Před rokem +7228

    In Sweden any form of violence against a child is in legal terms "assault" (misshandel). We have no seperate laws for hitting a child. If you hit a child it will be treated the same way as if you smacked an adult. It is VERY illegal.

    • @MrGeneration83
      @MrGeneration83 Před rokem +1031

      Yes, as a dane the right to hit your child, seems more like there is a lack of legal protection for children.

    • @iceteeize
      @iceteeize Před rokem +455

      It also makes people of the later generations have a whole different view on spanking children for upbringing. There are, of course, people who still see it as okay but most of my generation that I’ve talked to (millennial) see it as any other form of child abuse and is kind of appalled by the amount of people advocating child abuse in other countries
      (Although this is obviously anecdotal, I still feel like it carry some value)

    • @RoonMian
      @RoonMian Před rokem +2

      @@MrGeneration83 When you're as free as the USA then children aren't people, they're property.
      I was more shocked that there are any nations in Europe that do not ban physical assault on children (looking at you, UK, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Czechia, Slovakia and Turkey) because the European Human Rights Convention guarantees bodily integrity in article 8 so somebody needs to drag those rogue nations in front of the ECHR.

    • @jgdooley2003
      @jgdooley2003 Před rokem +227

      @@iceteeize I have seen it on some occasions when someone in charge of a crying child has hit out at that child and has been brought to the attention of security personnel in a public place. I didn't hang around long enough to see the consequences of this intervention but in general any form of public violence towards a vulnerable person is treated very seriously nowadays in Ireland. This wasn't always the case and corporal punishment or chastisement as it was called in polite middle class circles was common in Ireland in the 1970's.
      From my schooldays it still infuriates me that the children of rich and influential people were let away with a lot more than the children of poor and powerless parents. Violence was used as a common instrument of discipline and fear was the common motivator for imparting lessons.
      All this teaching method taught was the Nazi value of might is right and the bigger guy can lord it over the little guy.

    • @falconJB
      @falconJB Před rokem +104

      Saying it is legal in the US isn't wholly accurate, basically giving a kid a swat on their backsides is legal, though increasingly frowned upon, but if you hit a child hard enough to harm the child then it is child abuse.
      Also in some states mutual combat is still legal between adults, so we are a country that just accepts more violence than a lot of others.

  • @toast99bubbles
    @toast99bubbles Před 9 měsíci +525

    I like that you mentioned how Wales joined the list of banning hitting children for punishment last year. We often get overlooked as a place that does implement our own laws and it was a massive deal for those of us working in children's organisations.

    • @tonyduncan9852
      @tonyduncan9852 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I found that cast iron frying pans were so hard I had to hide in bed while I was being struck. That seemed to take the edge off the pain. Animals.

    • @willch.2259
      @willch.2259 Před 3 měsíci

      How is that enforced though, because the Welsh courts follow English and Welsh law (England and Wales being one single legal jurisdiction), which is made in Westminster

    • @toast99bubbles
      @toast99bubbles Před 3 měsíci +5

      @@willch.2259 There's a level of devolution with regards to the laws that each country sets. So Wales has that in place and it is enforceable. Similar to how in Wales you don't have to have an L plate on a car driven by a learner driver, a D plate will work too, but not across the border.

    • @rampagesmackssons508
      @rampagesmackssons508 Před 2 měsíci

      Now for the 🐑 rights

  • @macemurphy
    @macemurphy Před 9 měsíci +256

    I was spanked/hit a fair amount as a child and never thought anything of it until my boss pointed out that it is not usual for someone to wince just because someone moves quickly near them…

    • @shadowskill111
      @shadowskill111 Před 6 měsíci +27

      Ha! As a black man minding his own business moving around a corporate office it happens way more than you think with white women coming around an opposite corner. "Lol, you scared me!" Me: "Would you like me to make more noise on my way to the bathroom or something?"

    • @Distress.
      @Distress. Před 2 měsíci +14

      What yes it is. It's literally a normal human response to avoid getting hit, not because of "abuse" because of physics.

    • @DoktorSus
      @DoktorSus Před 2 měsíci +32

      @@Distress. Not really. If you fear that any movement near you might be a direct attack on you, it's clear that you have experienced abuse. Except if you do not trust the person to not hit you anyways, but if you were abused by your parents, you probably don't have that judgement for coworkers or strangers.

    • @Distress.
      @Distress. Před 2 měsíci +2

      @@DoktorSus Its not a direct attack its reflex.

    • @technoschnauzer4327
      @technoschnauzer4327 Před 2 měsíci +21

      @@Distress.There’s a difference between wincing and a usual flinch cause you were taken off guard

  • @nielsbishere
    @nielsbishere Před rokem +7776

    "I have been physically abused by my parents so I can do the same to my kids" - most intelligent child abuse defender

    • @markarca6360
      @markarca6360 Před rokem +221

      Asian parents

    • @TheDankBoi69
      @TheDankBoi69 Před rokem +212

      Well, they're stuck in a loop

    • @kotsosmanolis879
      @kotsosmanolis879 Před rokem

      Idiott

    • @MrFlame-qe2hv
      @MrFlame-qe2hv Před rokem +78

      Mexican parents

    • @Karak-_-
      @Karak-_- Před rokem +38

      I've had enough kneejerks from people who didn't even read the whole conversation.
      TL:DR I didn't consider spanking an abuse if it's one time occurence and I'm not going to argue that spanking is rigth or wrong here, I'll leave that to psychologists.
      A lot of people disagreed with the former, and I doubt You would have anything new to add, besides just stroking your ego.

  • @AlissaGranger
    @AlissaGranger Před rokem +4420

    Imagine sitting in a barber shop when SWAT suddenly breaks down the door shouting “Hand over the scissors! We’re cutting off that mullet!”

    • @jonoxes8662
      @jonoxes8662 Před rokem +153

      God bless, saved from yourself!

    • @_somerandomguyontheinternet_
      @_somerandomguyontheinternet_ Před rokem +51

      Currently looking at the comments during opening ads and I am VERY curious about the context for this…

    • @Shasha-jo5iv
      @Shasha-jo5iv Před rokem +7

      More like son, get in the van! Then a few hits with a sweep and a fine. If you're a girl it's a lot worse.

    • @grmpEqweer
      @grmpEqweer Před rokem +35

      As an atheist, I demand my right to crappy haircuts. FREEDOM!🇺🇲

    • @jonoxes8662
      @jonoxes8662 Před rokem

      @Oooog Syar god doesn't exist

  • @ItzRetz
    @ItzRetz Před 9 měsíci +507

    I find it pretty ironic how a lot of US politicians use kid's safety as an excuse for the things they're doing, yet *literal child abuse* is protected in every single state.
    To all the politicians who care about the kids, maybe put your money where your mouth is and ban hitting your kid.

    • @Weirdkauz
      @Weirdkauz Před 4 měsíci +25

      Instead of banning Kindersurprise! 😂

    • @Natibe_
      @Natibe_ Před 4 měsíci

      For conservatives, kids only matter when they can be used to harass minorities or when they’re not born yet. 😂

    • @trippymartian8847
      @trippymartian8847 Před 3 měsíci +11

      All the politicians who care about kids:🦗

    • @TheSuperappelflap
      @TheSuperappelflap Před 3 měsíci +11

      The thing is, that not everyone considers giving a kid a slap on the wrist, or a solid spank, abuse.
      My dad kicked my ass a very few times when I was a kid and I more than deserved that. Making it completely illegal to physically discipline an unruly child is just dumb. What are you going to do then, if they refuse to put on their shoes, go to school, brush their teeth, or go to bed? Just let them do whatever they want?

    • @gnommg
      @gnommg Před 3 měsíci +52

      ​@@TheSuperappelflap if the only tool you know is a hammer, that's what you'll use to fasten a screw. There are hundreds of better ways to influence a childs behaviour than corporal punishment. Learning by consequence is a common method. If a child doesn't get up in time to get dressed it has to go to day care in pjs. Time out and grounding are debated methods but certainly better than corporal punishment.

  • @smashingmolko1576
    @smashingmolko1576 Před 6 měsíci +192

    As a child of severe physical punishment, growing up in New Zealand spanking was legal until only a few years ago (maybe 15?), when it was banned the only people who cared or were upset by this were parents who had been physically abusing their children, and then telling the police & child services it was a 'spank' and the kid was exaggerating. It suddenly became a lot harder to lie about beating the living day lights out of your kids. Parents have just become a bit sneakier about their abuse.
    Before this ban was passed, my teachers would see marks and bruises on me and call the police or CPS. Mum would twist the story to 'I'm just punishing her, she's out of control!' (Yes, this 7 year old girl who plays quietly in her room and loves school?) and they would leave.
    Guess how much worse the punishment was when they left?
    I have siblings significantly younger than me and now I don't have to worry about that happening to them since I've left. It is not just legally harder to get away with, but now socially too. She finds other ways to be abusive, but finally, there's a line she can cross where she will be legally reprimanded and people around her are starting to not be okay with any of her mess. As a child, when even LEO are telling you you deserve to be beaten and to not complain or speak out, you learn to accept abuse and never speak out again.

  • @Chris_winthers
    @Chris_winthers Před rokem +5275

    A lot of the places where abusing children is illegal dont have specific laws, they just have laws that (and i know this is crazy) treat children as people

    • @johannes4123
      @johannes4123 Před rokem +650

      That's crazy, don't they know that personhood should be exclusively reserved for adults and corporations?

    • @vinnieg6161
      @vinnieg6161 Před rokem +77

      idk I think children and adults are quite different.
      *It's quite a difference if you smack your 21 year old son compared to smacking your 4 old

    • @Chris_winthers
      @Chris_winthers Před rokem +530

      @@vinnieg6161 not really. In fact, most crimes are worst when done against children. So why shouldnt assault and battery be?

    • @vinnieg6161
      @vinnieg6161 Před rokem +9

      @@Chris_winthers i don't know what you mean mate

    • @lazybroadcasts4917
      @lazybroadcasts4917 Před rokem +372

      Please refrain from having children if you plan on assaulting them

  • @suisseanonyme1033
    @suisseanonyme1033 Před rokem +3604

    As a Swiss, I can promise you that if a teacher takes the liberty of hitting a student in any way, you will start hearing police sirens within minutes.
    Edit: before answering something stupid as: "this is the reason why young in Switzerland are drug addict", "this is why crime is up" or any other stupidity thinking than US do everything better than Switzerland, please close CZcams, go on google or any other web browser and perform a simple search for checking than you are right BEFORE POSTING YOUR COMMENT.
    I wish you a nice day.

    • @picketf
      @picketf Před 10 měsíci +150

      That is a pretty recent practice. In the 90's throwing keys at students, throwing blackboard chalk, giving backhead slaps, that was all pretty common. Older teachers also still pulled ears and hairs. I moved a lot as a kid so I saw this happening in 8 schools almost on a daily basis. I also saw students being escorted to school by police cars for failing to show up at school.

    • @user-ou9qd9no5n
      @user-ou9qd9no5n Před 10 měsíci +23

      "Literally 1984

    • @ottle2570
      @ottle2570 Před 10 měsíci +49

      @@picketf an old teacher of mine did throw chalk sometimes, but only when a group didnt pay attention and was loud at the same time and he did not hit with the chalt, he threw it in the general direction to get them to pay attention again

    • @king_vasuki2692
      @king_vasuki2692 Před 10 měsíci +64

      I do hate the idea of harming a child, its disgusting and horrible.

    • @seand.g423
      @seand.g423 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Yeah, well, you guys are basically Montana with allowance for an _unwritten_ conscience, so...

  • @klarahensen5929
    @klarahensen5929 Před 5 měsíci +47

    In Denmark you can vote blank, by doing this you still vote, but you don’t have to choose a specific party

    • @ville6211
      @ville6211 Před 2 měsíci +5

      Donald duck is also a good choice. Usually better than actual candidates.

    • @ellatarran7431
      @ellatarran7431 Před 8 dny

      Same in Australia

  • @feedthepanda_92
    @feedthepanda_92 Před 8 měsíci +104

    As an Aussie, Democracy Sausages are a national treasure, and there are even maps of voting locations that have sausage sizzles and if there are vegetarian options. Would looove to know if other countries have anything similar

    • @belgiumball2308
      @belgiumball2308 Před 5 měsíci +5

      Most normal aussie thing

    • @falcolf
      @falcolf Před 4 měsíci +10

      Lol I love that there's food bait to get you there, that's fantastic 😂❤

    • @jimatsydney
      @jimatsydney Před 4 měsíci +12

      ​@@falcolfWe all have to go there anyway, so let's make it a bit of fun. It's always on a Saturday too.

    • @feedthepanda_92
      @feedthepanda_92 Před 4 měsíci +4

      @@falcolf Only on the actual voting day. No democracy sausages for early voters :p

    • @allangibson8494
      @allangibson8494 Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@feedthepanda_92Unless you drop by Bunnings…

  • @KodakYarr
    @KodakYarr Před 11 měsíci +3133

    Not normalizing violence to children leads to more well adjusted citizens that don't find violence normal - Who would have thought!

    • @christopherstein2024
      @christopherstein2024 Před 9 měsíci

      You meam criminalizing it. Beating children used to be normal everywhere and it may still be the norm for most people today.

    • @jmreeves89
      @jmreeves89 Před 9 měsíci +34

      I mean, I (and plenty of others) would argue the complete opposite. Just look at actual evidence, and things like facts (i know, facts and evidence are terrible). Also, your specific wording is interesting. You word it as "normalizing violence" to set yourself on a moral highground, when you coulf have easily said discipline and consequences. School shootings are way up. Mass shootings are way up. Violence in general is way up. Menatl health is at a crisis level among youth. The television show The Sopranos (probably before your time, but worth a watch) lightly explored the argument of physical discipline, and i think we can all agree AJ would have been much better off if Tony wouldnt have been stopped by Carm.

    • @christopherstein2024
      @christopherstein2024 Před 9 měsíci +295

      ​@@jmreeves89 You know that when you said we should look at actual evidence and facts that would have been a nice moment to bring up some evidence and facts instead of talking about the Sopranos?
      You could have dropped a study but you chose to talk about a mafia show where a mob boss beats his son...

    • @BryanLu0
      @BryanLu0 Před 9 měsíci +196

      ​@@jmreeves89Evidence = anecdote + fiction? Please show me the peer reviewed study

    • @Araneus21
      @Araneus21 Před 9 měsíci +8

      Even if adults do not use violence against children, be it legally sanctioned or out of prefference, other children surely will, and child-on-child violence is not particularly well litigated or properly punished, focusing on punishing parents rather then the children perpetuating the violence

  • @melody3741
    @melody3741 Před rokem +3476

    Every child I know who got beat as a kid didn't learn stuff was wrong, they just learned to do it where their parents couldn't find them. They literally never found out why it was bad until they grew up and got hurt because of whatever bad habit that they never problem learn to get rid of

    • @GriffinPilgrim
      @GriffinPilgrim Před rokem +587

      Worse, they also got taught the lesson "If you're stronger than someone you can use violence to force them to do what you want."

    • @tbjtbj4786
      @tbjtbj4786 Před rokem +67

      @@GriffinPilgrim so basically the way the world works.

    • @GriffinPilgrim
      @GriffinPilgrim Před rokem +311

      @@tbjtbj4786 Sometimes. But we can do better and we should.

    • @tbjtbj4786
      @tbjtbj4786 Před rokem +49

      @@GriffinPilgrim yea I have seen no proof of that an any way.
      No matter how liberal your government. All government rules are inforced by force. Thats what law enforcement, code enforcement and the military is. Government force.

    • @ThrottleKitty
      @ThrottleKitty Před rokem +253

      I got beat as a child, and all it taught me was to avoid my father when he ran out of Xanax

  • @tatumlogan2242
    @tatumlogan2242 Před 4 měsíci +80

    I found it TERRIFYING to be hit as a kid.. it was literally traumatic instead of effective punishment. Gotta be honest, it helped so much more to but put in time out or on the naughty chair. That’s because I was forced to THINK about my actual misbehavior instead of being confused. Just communicating and actually being forced to acknowledge it lol..

    • @ZhovtoBlakytniy
      @ZhovtoBlakytniy Před 3 měsíci +11

      Being hit makes you hate your abuser or cope (and possibly pass down the torch).

    • @busydadrs5608
      @busydadrs5608 Před 2 měsíci +3

      What made you stay on the chair?

  • @flashrobbie
    @flashrobbie Před 9 měsíci +89

    I was at a Catholic school with a reputation for brutality when corporal correction became illegal here. Some teachers were raging and threatening to break the law. The other thing about it was that when teachers hit children then children will start bullying each other. It's apparently a different place now but I wouldn't set foot in it ever again.

    • @anthonylong9067
      @anthonylong9067 Před 8 měsíci

      Catholic schools are living hell anyways

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 Před měsícem

      My country's schools can even invite all students to witness a student being caned in the school hall/auditorium for serious offences, as this is seen as a way to deter all students from offending

  • @archangel996
    @archangel996 Před rokem +2232

    an adult hitting and adult: assault
    an adult hitting a child: "good and normal" parenting

    • @Chris_winthers
      @Chris_winthers Před rokem +388

      Its so weird that people dont think someone under 18 deserves basic rights

    • @EgoEroTergum
      @EgoEroTergum Před rokem +192

      My father spanked me once; and explained why before and after.
      It was because I ran out in traffic.
      He said: "You cannot learn from experience, if you are dead."
      That was the only time; and I totally agree with him. I should also mention that I have Asperger's, and would frequently make the same mistakes over and over again.
      My mother on the other hand, spanked me all the time and it had negative effects; so I can see both sides. I think that it is a tool that intelligent parents can use to teach important concepts and prevent massive pain later in life; I also think that parents can easily slide into taking out frustrations on their children.
      I think, as a father I would take my own father's route, and only spank my children for engaging in behavior that truly endangered their lives. Playing with a hot stove is a lesson that teaches itself: walking into traffic or train tracks is not a mistake a child can afford to learn the consequences of from experience.

    • @verybarebones
      @verybarebones Před rokem +200

      So many parents also hit just to relieve their own frustration rather than for any consistent idea of "discipline". It just teaches your kids violence is a way to let off steam and pain is something to expect from parents

    • @I_Eat_Lemons
      @I_Eat_Lemons Před rokem +125

      @@EgoEroTergum I never learnt from someone intentionally causing pain, in fact it made me want to cause them the same pain they caused me.

    • @chocolizard678
      @chocolizard678 Před rokem +91

      @@EgoEroTergum why is spanking necessary to learn though even for serious lessons? Your opinion only works under the assumption that spanking is a necessity or more effective to teach lessons, an assumption you don't have anything to back up. I fail to see why "you could have died. You can't learn from mistakes that kill you, so you are grounded for 3 weeks." Couldn't have worked instead.

  • @augusttambourpetersen9221
    @augusttambourpetersen9221 Před rokem +2035

    Still remember to this day, when I was a kid and was out walking with my dad in Copenhagen. We saw a british guy hit his kid, roughly same age as me (5-6 years old) with a closed fist multiple times, he was then tackled by my dad and two other men and arrested shortly after. Gotta know the laws of the country you're in.

    • @reality1701
      @reality1701 Před rokem +201

      Your dad is awesome ❤

    • @memebaltan
      @memebaltan Před rokem

      FINISH HIM! lmfao

    • @anuvette
      @anuvette Před rokem +284

      I don't think punching kids is legal anywhere

    • @christinepayfer2993
      @christinepayfer2993 Před rokem +166

      Yea that is just straight up abuse

    • @benas_st
      @benas_st Před rokem +99

      @@anuvette
      oh but he was just lightly tapping the kid with a semi open palm to teach the kid some manners, sounds fine to me 🤷 /s

  • @melandri123
    @melandri123 Před 10 měsíci +152

    having mandatory voting makes voting suppression in a democracy almost impossible. the state has to provide enough voting centers, all citizens are automatically registered to vote and the elections are in a day that everyone can vote.

    • @apacheattackhelicopter8410
      @apacheattackhelicopter8410 Před 9 měsíci +10

      It also encourages people to just vote at random possibly picking a bad candidate

    • @bitcidic
      @bitcidic Před 9 měsíci +14

      @@apacheattackhelicopter8410well then provide an option to abstain from voting

    • @apacheattackhelicopter8410
      @apacheattackhelicopter8410 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@bitcidic you achieve the same result by just not voting at all

    • @bitcidic
      @bitcidic Před 9 měsíci +28

      @@apacheattackhelicopter8410 you’d have to actually still say that you abstain though, meaning the suppression of voting issue is still subsided

    • @satirics7701
      @satirics7701 Před 9 měsíci +31

      ​@@apacheattackhelicopter8410 you can literally submit an empty vote

  • @nihi
    @nihi Před 9 měsíci +226

    "And I deserved it, I was a trouble kid" shows how effective demestic violence as a punishment is...
    There is a reason why children who had a good relationship to their parents, free from violence turn out to be way less likely to commit crimes.

    • @goldbullet50
      @goldbullet50 Před 3 měsíci +13

      Imagine being a grown up and not knowing the difference between "spanking" and "child abuse". It's like listening someone lecturing you how eating meat is "animal abuse".

    • @nihi
      @nihi Před 3 měsíci +36

      @@goldbullet50 Your reading comprehention seems to be lacking.

    • @ZhovtoBlakytniy
      @ZhovtoBlakytniy Před 3 měsíci +15

      ​@@nihi their parents should have taught reading not beating .

    • @Fent415
      @Fent415 Před 2 měsíci +3

      @nihi well one thing not hitting your kids doesn't cure is grammar or spelling it seems.

    • @nihi
      @nihi Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@Fent415 I am sorry for typing "demestic" instead of "domestic" and forgetting a comma. English is not my first language so I will naturally make some mistakes.

  • @Anita-tm3bi
    @Anita-tm3bi Před rokem +1251

    US lobbying system is also crazy, most countries call that bribing and is a super no no

    • @DaveE99
      @DaveE99 Před rokem +15

      I get the sense of we got rid of it we would need to have something to replace it that had different incentives. Like many of them do serve a sort of function as both a knowledge base and connection person. Not always a bad thing. The bad thing is that we don’t have publicly funded elections. Like if we just get that, the lobbying thing isn’t as big of a deal. We also need to pay our reps like enough money that they would vote to ban themselves from investing.

    • @marthahawkinson-michau9611
      @marthahawkinson-michau9611 Před rokem +175

      Honestly the entire reason why the US doesn’t have a significant problem with corruption and bribery is because the entire process has been legalized and made a part of the political process. It’s perfectly legal to take money from political donors, and it’s not considered a bribe. Never mind that those same donors might have similar quid pro quo expectations as anyone else making bribes. Definitely doesn’t make it corruption.

    • @phildane7411
      @phildane7411 Před rokem +121

      @@marthahawkinson-michau9611 True. There's no need for personal corruption when you are living in a system that is inherently, fundamentally, corrupt.

    • @jeanlundi2141
      @jeanlundi2141 Před rokem +31

      It IS one of the most mindblowing things about the US, for me as a portuguese. Ya know, I've spoken english since I was 10.......but even after all these years that part of one's brain where you REALLY slow down and put yourself in the headspace of being a native english speaker and being sold the kind of shit sold by that political system in the US ...........it doesn't function naturally on its own.
      So when I do stop and consider what it would feel for me as a portuguese (mind you we have a lot of government corruption here) , since I was a child, to have this be normal..........it would just baffle me how people wouldn't blame corporations or private interests more right off the bat.

    • @marthahawkinson-michau9611
      @marthahawkinson-michau9611 Před rokem

      @@jeanlundi2141 some of us are woke to the degree of corruption in US politics. Those of us that are woke will blame corporate interests. The vast majority of Americans just accept that the system is fine. “We made laws about corruption, therefore it doesn’t happen anymore.” LOL. What those “laws” did was take a practice that had been illegal, and put “restrictions” on it. Totally fixed the problem. No more corruption. Definitely fine.
      It’s at nearly every level of government at this point, and I don’t actually think it’s any sort of conspiracy.

  • @theanitmeme
    @theanitmeme Před rokem +1379

    I don’t know about other countries, but at least in Peru if you want to abstain from voting you have the option to vote for “None of the Above.” It’s called voting a “voto en blanco” and allows you to meet your obligation to vote even if you don’t support any of the candidates.

    • @ooooneeee
      @ooooneeee Před rokem +1

      It's universally possible since the vote is secret you can just invalidate your ballot by either not choosing anyone, choosing multiple people or writing random stuff on it.

    • @icarue993
      @icarue993 Před rokem +80

      But you still have to "vote". And hopefully, they do count your vote that if enough people abstain, they do another round of votes. Have never heard it happen, but it should be possible

    • @Croz89
      @Croz89 Před rokem +182

      That's generally pretty standard in most compulsory voting countries. You can also legally spoil your ballot by filling it out incorrectly in some places. The difference being while spoiling your ballot means it is simply not counted, a NOTA vote is often still counted, if NOTA "wins" the election it has to be run again with new candidates.

    • @dinamosflams
      @dinamosflams Před rokem +159

      yes, his interpretation of democracy under law is very missleading.
      in the US apparently if you want to vote you MUST vote for one of the options, and since the election day is not a holyday there, which means if a large part of the population doesn't vote they can just say "welp, they must be busy, cause there is no way they disagree with both options!"
      while in the mandatory democracies we can say "I came all the way over here to say YOU ALL SUCK!"

    • @BelaCoxinha
      @BelaCoxinha Před rokem +40

      In Brazil we have this, it is called "voto nulo" (null vote)

  • @sofiacunha6119
    @sofiacunha6119 Před 6 měsíci +37

    It’s worth mentioning that, while it is mandatory to show up at the elections in Brazil, there is the possibility of a blank or null vote if the person absolutely does not want to vote for any of the candidates. It is still secret, like any other vote, and it provides some useful additional statistical information on the political preferences of the population.

  • @DarthLego46
    @DarthLego46 Před 9 měsíci +48

    I remember having my school having my parents sign a permission slip for opt-in spanking, so I am kind of surprised to learn that my elementary school was quite progressive for at least asking for permission first.

  • @williamverhaeghe
    @williamverhaeghe Před rokem +1323

    I live in Belgium where voting is indeed compulsory. But this also means that it is so well organised. You get your letter which states where you are expected (usually a school or public building, always very close by), vote and go home within 10-30 minutes. You have to vote, but no one can know who you voted for, so you can vote blank or invalid (there is a difference). There is always a party that says they want to abolish this, but they get almost no votes. It's also a public holiday since Everyone needs to vote.

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 Před rokem +39

      what if that location doesn't suit you? In Australia we have polling booths all over & we can attend any of them, or postal or early vote if none suit. In addition, we have polling booths at all hospitals & mobile polling booths visit nursing homes & remote communities in the weeks prior to election day to make sure everyone is supported to vote. We're not required to cancel holidays or other plans to vote though, if a booth outside our local area suits us better, or we end up in hospital or whatever, we can vote wherever we like. We can also choose to attend the booth that has the best "democracy sausages", cause that's an important part of our process too. We COULD be home again within 10-30 minutes, but we buy the snag for charity instead :)

    • @williamverhaeghe
      @williamverhaeghe Před rokem +60

      ​@@mehere8038 No "democracy sausages" here (yet) unfortunately. The rest is mostly the same, no need to cancel holidays, etc. I've never had an issue with the given location, but I'm sure there are options to vote at another place. Most elderly however vote by proxy AFAIK, but this is being worked on so they can vote in the nursing homes.

    • @ciani2396
      @ciani2396 Před rokem +43

      I honestly wish voting in the USA was as organized as it is in other countries. I think it should be compulsory but even so, why do I have to go outta my way to find out where I can go vote, when I can vote and how I am allowed to vote. It’s just dumb and I think part of the reason why so many Americans don’t vote. They don’t know where, when or how they can. The information isn’t as available to us in rural counties or even in cities for that matter.

    • @DSP16569
      @DSP16569 Před rokem +30

      @@mehere8038 German not Belgian but I think similar voting systems. Every german is registered with his main address and got his voting papers (registration, legitimation, a "how you can vote and how the vote will work"-instruction) some weeks in advance. The fixed polling station is mentioned in this papers and often a puplic place like town hall, school, Kindergarden, ...) - I life in a small 20.000 habitant village and in the last election we have around 16 Polling stations all over the little village.
      Voting is simple: You go there, wait maybe a few minutes (mostly when voting directly after visiting the church, because this is the "rush-hour" at the polling station), show you registration and Id-card, get your piece of paper where you can make your cross, go to the cabin, make your cross, fold the paper and put it in the ballot box. - Done.
      And yes in germany even prisoners have the right to vote because this right is fundamentally in our constitution and nobody can take it away (except a group of indipendent psychiatrists declare that you are mentally not able to vote, this is approved by a court and the status must be renewed and reviewed every few years).
      If you are not able to vote at voting day at your assigned polling station you can send (porto-free) a "request for mail voting" back to the office (part of the registration papers) and you will then get your mail voting papers per mail a few days later.

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 Před rokem +9

      @@williamverhaeghe dam! No sausages? That's the best part of election day :) Not limited to sausages here either, cause polling booths are generally at places like schools, it's a big fund raising event for them, so everything from cupcakes to snags to vegan meals.
      Here there's so many booths, that it's pretty common to not just use the one closest to home. Voting here is on a Saturday, so lots of sport that day too, so people commonly vote while their kids are playing a match, at whatever booth is closest to the game, or near shops while on their shopping trip, or basically if driving somewhere, people will stumble across a polling booth, cause there's so many people & signs around them, so they're really obvious & people will just pull over & go in if there's parking readily available & it suits them, if no parking/looks busy, they'll do that at the next one they pass. If they're not going out on that day, then they'll walk to their local one

  • @Hudson316
    @Hudson316 Před rokem +1754

    As an Australian, the upside of compulsory voting laws that wasn't mentioned is that because it's compulsory and people need to at least go in and get crossed off the list, it means it is required by law for the independent electoral commission to ensure that there are polling booths everywhere (most schools become polling locations as well as some places like a local Scout hall near me), and that mail in voting and early voting sites are readily available, which prevents the attempts at voter suppression you get in the US of trying to stop people voting in places they don't want them to by stopping bussing elderly people to polls, or closing poll locations to ensure that lines in the "wrong" areas are so long they discourage people from taking time off to vote. Our elections are also on Saturdays instead of the idiotic American system that put them on Tuesdays so you could ride a slow donkey from a farm to and from the poll location without missing church on Sunday. We also often have BBQs set up at poll sites selling food and drinks for charity.

    • @moustafa2258
      @moustafa2258 Před rokem +36

      I never knew we had to just go and literally get our names crossed off and that's it. Next time I'm walking in, watching my name get crossed off and just leaving the papers with the person at the table.

    • @Axeman20
      @Axeman20 Před rokem +209

      @@moustafa2258 mate, if you pay taxes you may as well vote.
      And you can just take yourself off the electoral roll if you really don't want to. Save us some paper.

    • @2157AF
      @2157AF Před rokem +74

      It can be a pain but its something I think helps Australia.

    • @JQNick
      @JQNick Před rokem +132

      Lets be honest, we all only turn up for that democracy sausage. The fine is an empty threat.

    • @Okiedokeartichoke
      @Okiedokeartichoke Před rokem +85

      It’s sort of un-Australian to not stop for a banger

  • @lolalasziv1059
    @lolalasziv1059 Před 10 měsíci +16

    In germany a mullet is called Vokuhila. An akronym for vorne kurz und hinten lang. Short in the front and long in the back. A newspaper called the Vokuhila the worst hairdress desaster since the Hitler moustache.

    • @ZhovtoBlakytniy
      @ZhovtoBlakytniy Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah, Europe has what I call the euromullet. It isn't as lofty as the American mullet, looks more like some alt club scene thing to me.

  • @NaveGristle
    @NaveGristle Před 4 měsíci +35

    As a young Brazilian, I used to think that being compelled to show up to vote (even if you present a "blank" vote, as you're allowed) was absurd. That was until I learned how people in the US were in actuality stripped of the right to vote by a series of laws and logistic choices, topped by the fact that they can't even choose their President directly, with one vote having the same weight as every other. That and also when our former President employed the Federal Police to prevent people from getting to the voting booth in regions where he was certain to lose. After those incidents, I defend voting as a duty whose accomplishment must be protected and promoted by the State at all costs.

    • @destroything
      @destroything Před 3 měsíci +3

      That sounds so dumb. You believed in a good system, lived with a bad system, you saw a country have a worse system, and now you're advocating for your.... bad.... system?

    • @NaveGristle
      @NaveGristle Před 3 měsíci +5

      @@destroything Absolutely! It only stands to reason that one would prefer something "bad" over something "worse". Not being compelled to vote isn't inherently good and it has proven to be detrimental to voters in bourgeois liberal democracy (in my opinion). Until we can overcome this system, I think the right thing is to defend whatever makes it less problematic.

    • @destroything
      @destroything Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@NaveGristle But why would you stand for something bad, when there's something to strive for still? That's like saying you won't start showering daily because some people out there never shower. This is a bad chain of logic

    • @tatioliveira8598
      @tatioliveira8598 Před 3 měsíci +2

      ​@@destroything As a fellow brazilian, I'll quote a comment bellow that says it all: "having mandatory voting makes voting suppression in a democracy almost impossible. The state has to provide enough voting centers, all citizens are automatically registered to vote and the elections are in a day that everyone can vote." . That's the point in Brazil and that's why many people are right now being prossecuted here for the acts of the former president trying to prevent people to vote. It's not perfect, I'll give you that, but, as it's said in the video, if we don't vote for 3 consecutive terms, we only pay a fine worth less than a dollar, and that's only if you want to get to vote again and some other very specific reasons, so you can basically choose if you'll vote or not, the mandatory part is monstly just in paper.

    • @Obzerver
      @Obzerver Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@destroything What you're saying is predicated on mandatory voting being bad but you haven't made any case for that. Why do you think being forced to explicitly submit a no-vote ballet is bad? What is the harm caused by that? The other commenter clearly layed out the harm of leaving it optional.
      Your analogy was also questionable. A more faithful depiction of good-bad-worse would be something like: initially thinking showering is fine, then finding out the water supply contains toxic chemicals that can poison you on contact, and finally defending the idea of not showering until someone can fix the water problem. You choose the bad option of being dirty to avoid the worse option of being poisoned.
      I'm genuinely curious the reasoning for your stance. Do you actually just care about being clean to the point you would willingly poison yourself? Or was there more to it?

  • @ellieahearn4055
    @ellieahearn4055 Před 11 měsíci +1361

    Parental rights tends to just be a way to say children don’t have rights.
    A “parental right” to hit your kid is just a way to phrase the stripping of children the right to not get hit in a positive light.

    • @jmreeves89
      @jmreeves89 Před 9 měsíci +41

      No, parental rights clearly means...parental rights...lmao
      The right to choose how you parent your children and to be free from government being in charge of parental decisions.
      I can't tell if you're trolling or a fool, but either way congrats - cause you've done well at both

    • @Thicc_Boyo
      @Thicc_Boyo Před 9 měsíci

      @@jmreeves89 Americans really have to do some crazy mental gymnastics to fight for the right to abuse children. Yikes.

    • @serenityf.6234
      @serenityf.6234 Před 9 měsíci +256

      ​@@jmreeves89 children are not possessions, they are just as much a human being and person as you, so to say that it's a "parental right" to beat children is quite literally saying a child doesn't have the right to be protected from violence...if you would hit an adult it would be considered assault ...

    • @jmreeves89
      @jmreeves89 Před 9 měsíci +20

      @@serenityf.6234 you clearly are being sensationalist and choosing to argue in bad faith. No where did I justify children being "beat".

    • @joemann7971
      @joemann7971 Před 9 měsíci +21

      @@serenityf.6234 The problem with kids is that they don't always learn everything from you. Kids do learn bad behaviors from other kids and you cannot control that. There could be other way to deter this bad behavior. Unless you have boatloads of money where you can simply move your kid to another school, and away from bad influences, spanking might be necessary in some situations. If you grew up poor among other poor kids, you would know that spanking was probably the only real deterrent that kept us from going on a bad path. I bet if you could actually get accurate evidence in how many kids spanking prevented from becoming criminals, you would probably not be so opposed to it.
      Granted, there is always better solutions, but those solutions may not be available to all parents.

  • @abetts123
    @abetts123 Před 11 měsíci +679

    Can we finally make a yearly voting holiday?
    “You can legally go vote but don’t take more than a few hours or you’re fired”

    • @mateoferretto2175
      @mateoferretto2175 Před 11 měsíci +71

      Here, voting is compulsory. And there is, indeed, no work that day. Except for like hospitals and emergency services, nothing is open. Also, it is illegal to sell alcohol some time before and after the election day.

    • @zadinal
      @zadinal Před 10 měsíci +8

      Early voting is regularly available in every state. So no? It will literally only matter for government employees and banks if you made it a holiday.

    • @Datboichannel
      @Datboichannel Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@mateoferretto2175 where?

    • @mikejunt
      @mikejunt Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@Datboichannel There are several places it could be, but the most notable is Australia.

    • @Datboichannel
      @Datboichannel Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@mikejunt that sounds great

  • @Thelaretus
    @Thelaretus Před 7 měsíci +11

    As a Brazilian, I am often shocked at stuff that's weirdly forbidden in the USA. A simple and uncontroversial examples is drinking on the street.

  • @emhoj97
    @emhoj97 Před 2 měsíci +9

    In Sweden we have a saying "If you didn't vote, you have no right to complain". Never fails to piss off the couch-politicians who complain about everything but never take action to actually change anything.

    • @jerome6821
      @jerome6821 Před měsícem

      my parents think the same in france!

  • @maxrobertson2834
    @maxrobertson2834 Před rokem +512

    I remember being spanked by my parents for making weird noises, being hyper, being loud/annoying, and not being able to read. Turns out I am Neuro divergent and now can’t express how I feel even tho I know I won’t be hit. Don’t hit your children

    • @10tailedbijuu
      @10tailedbijuu Před rokem +39

      sounds like we just need kids to get free tests for these things. and to neuter the majority of people in these countries that seem to not have patience with kids, sorry i see just way tooo many of this at my retail job

    • @berdwatcher5125
      @berdwatcher5125 Před rokem +5

      highland cow supremacy.

    • @onrean
      @onrean Před rokem +9

      Your experience matters but don't think you have the right to mandate in all circumstances how those with children handle discipline.

    • @herbie_the_hillbillie_goat
      @herbie_the_hillbillie_goat Před rokem +8

      @@10tailedbijuu Authoritarian much?

    • @hakayonder3396
      @hakayonder3396 Před rokem +60

      @@onrean Don't hit your children.

  • @twinklingwater
    @twinklingwater Před rokem +380

    In Germany there's a difference between not voting and returning a blank/invalid ballot. If you don't vote, nothing is counted. If you vote invalid, your vote counts to the total number of votes, thus reducing the percentages of all parties. This doesn't affect the winner, but it has an effect on things like the amount of money a party gets from the state.

    • @Bethgael
      @Bethgael Před rokem +17

      That's the case in Australia, too.

    • @pianopolly
      @pianopolly Před rokem +13

      That is true, although it needs to be stressed that the financial effect is extremely small. I did this on occasion, but other than feeling a bit self-righteous for a few days, it didn't do anything. And I think that's a mistake; there should absolutely be a way to signal that you went out of your way to make voice registered, but decidedly did not give it to any one party. Just like the "none of the above" option mentioned in the video.
      Or, as other parties are suggesting repeatedly, just change the system entirely. But I'm not sure I will still be alive to witness such a monumental change.

    • @bugsygoo
      @bugsygoo Před rokem +2

      Isn't it also true that you are required in Germany to have a mullet if you are working class?

    • @Llortnerof
      @Llortnerof Před rokem +7

      @@pianopolly That's not quite accurate. Sure, one individual will be a minor loss. But then, one individual is also only a tiny fraction of the total voters, so it *should* only be a minor effect. If a significant fraction votes invalid, the party will feel it.

    • @Llortnerof
      @Llortnerof Před rokem +1

      @@bugsygoo No, but you are required to not have one if you're not, on pain of everybody laughing at you.

  • @Mikesblades
    @Mikesblades Před 7 měsíci +26

    People that hit their kids are trash. I've called CPS every time when a child comes into the ER and has any type of bruises in the usual areas

    • @Nylak-Otter
      @Nylak-Otter Před měsícem +1

      I've had my parents called out so many times at the hospital or doctor. 😂 I trained horses as a kid (as young as 9; I was tiny and experienced, so I could train ponies meant for small kids while no adult could), so I was covered in bruises, lacerations, and various minor fractures.
      I was in no way forced to do this. My parents actually wanted me to stop at some points, but it was, uh, bad for my mental wellness to discontinue (IE I would lose my sh*t).

  • @stephencowie696
    @stephencowie696 Před 7 měsíci +12

    Nice work on the Australian part - we always get grouped with compulsory voting countries when we dont have compulsory voting - we have compulsory attendance... And the Fine can be dismissed easily on even frivolous grounds... You can vote, you can donkey vote (essentially scribble all over the ballot - the preferred way of not voting) or just walk away without collection of voting material

  • @WCM1945
    @WCM1945 Před rokem +875

    I got hit with a "switch", a belt, a paddle and a board. Many times, at home and at school. All because I had "problems". Not behavioral problems, but not-finishing-my-homework problems. I fully expected to wind up in prison because I wouldn't be able to finish my taxes on time.
    Well, I'm 76 YO and I still have "problems". And I see a shrink regularly. Mostly for the moral support I never got as a kid. And I've never been charged with a crime other than speeding.

    • @BebbaDubbs
      @BebbaDubbs Před rokem +67

      I became a Resource Specialist ( a case manager for students with IEPs who are in general education classroom settings) because I used to get sent out of my classroom so often I missed months of school some years. Mine were "behavioral" after years of academic failure. I wasn't even diagnosed with Dyslexia until I was 26 and ADHD at 30 while getting my teaching credentials (I'd already dropped out of college once and was about to again) . My blessing was parents who didn't want to beat their children as much as they got beat 💚 even though that was the only thing I feared.
      I'm so sorry you had to put up with that kind of abuse for educational issues... especially for kids who have internalized issues, anxiety, depression, learning disabilities, language delays Etc tradional educational ideals are straight up abusive.
      I admire you for being so self aware and being able to take care of yourself where you can. 💜

    • @catherinemartin1957
      @catherinemartin1957 Před rokem +7

      this isn’t relevant to your comment but you have the same name as my grandfather lol

    • @nineteenfortyeight6762
      @nineteenfortyeight6762 Před rokem +28

      Your only problem was your parents.

    • @Qwerka
      @Qwerka Před rokem +1

      you look like ilber ortayli + djelal sengor

    • @verilyheld
      @verilyheld Před rokem +3

      My bitch of a mother would belt me with the electric cord of a frying pan for my bad math grades.
      I. was. SIX!
      I don't give a damn about the troubles my mother had, about how her life had been, was, hard, whipping me to break me of my math block. All whipping did was make me dread math more. I tried poisoning myself with milk and Vitamin D tablets to save me. (I was six, remember!) Didn't work.

  • @guavasandwich
    @guavasandwich Před rokem +654

    It's important to note that some countries where voting is mandatory, you still have the right not to choose anybody. In Brazil for example, your only obligation is to show up at the poll. If you don't like any of the candidates you can nullify your vote just fine

    • @generatoralignmentdevalue
      @generatoralignmentdevalue Před rokem +20

      He did actually say that.

    • @k.v.7681
      @k.v.7681 Před rokem +88

      Same in Belgium. You sign the register, go in the voting booth, and are perfetly entitled to doodle on the slip, give it back blank, make it invalid by crossing all of the names.... Because the vote is secret. Those tend to be counted in other ways (null and blank), which gives a good metric of people's actual interest for politics, and a notion about the victorious candidate's "real legitimacy". Having somebody win with 30% because 45% voted blank or null is a good indicator that they're not that representative of people's will and desired policies.

    • @rodU65
      @rodU65 Před rokem +29

      Same in my contry. Vote is mandatory, it is a right and civil duty. Ofcourse you can vote for anything, even vote for nothing, but you are responsable of your decisions. People accept this and no one question the legality or results of any election as 90%+ decided in a free election.

    • @FantasmaNaranja
      @FantasmaNaranja Před rokem +69

      the biggest issue in countries where it's not mandatory is that the country doesnt have to provide easy access to voting since they can just say people didnt want to vote instead of having to justify why the reason so many people didnt vote was that it wasnt accessible
      (this was a huge issue during the 2016 presidential vote in the US for example, a lot of the red states provided the bare minimum and didnt even allow people to give others water bottles so as to discourage democrat voters)

    • @YdenMk-II
      @YdenMk-II Před rokem +47

      @@FantasmaNaranja There's also the issue that election day in the US isn't any sort of holiday. Losing those working hours isn't really a choice they can make since there are places where people are waiting hours in line just to attempt to cast their ballot.

  • @anomaly3215
    @anomaly3215 Před 7 měsíci +6

    it's incredibly ignorant to defend abusing your own child like that, i was spanked as a kid and it made me develop a subconscious fear and distrust of my own parent, so just remember that doing that to your child will instill fear into them, whether you think it will or not, because it will

  • @notiddymothbirlfriend
    @notiddymothbirlfriend Před 2 měsíci +14

    "I was hit and I turned out fine!" has the exact energy of "I ate all the lead paint off my toys and I'm perfectly normal!" and "Calm down, dear, the asbestos snow isn't going to hurt you" combined.

  • @Efaya13
    @Efaya13 Před rokem +520

    My parents are from Europe and they refused to use physical punishment on us growing up. Part of it is how they view that overseas, but also they had some brutal experiences growing up that made them swear to never do it to their own children.

    • @animeartist888
      @animeartist888 Před rokem +51

      My mother took this idea and kinda backfired it. She still spanked and sometimes backhanded us in the face. Her reason? Her father used switches, whips, and belts on her and she wouldn't do that to us. Ummmmmm you're still causing physical pain???? How is this a solution???? Can speak from experience- it doesn't make you learn not to do the behavior, it just makes you learn not to get caught.

    • @delusion5867
      @delusion5867 Před 11 měsíci +16

      @@animeartist888 assault is still assault, no matter the weapon

    • @Candyy248
      @Candyy248 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Same for my dad, but he got hit by belt :/
      Oh well, and my mom too, both never hit me :v

    • @travisspicer5514
      @travisspicer5514 Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@animeartist888 That isn't disciplinary. That is abuse. As my mother says, spanking is one of the last tools to be used with a child who is out of control (for whatever reason) and should be done one time and right. If it is done right the first time you should never have to do it again. The memory is enough that a warning suffices going forward.

    • @ezekielanderson9055
      @ezekielanderson9055 Před 11 měsíci

      So you want kids to not be punished and grow up to be a-holes?

  • @ghostmon-X
    @ghostmon-X Před 10 měsíci +1155

    I think it's funny when someone says you should be allowed to physically abuse children and cites that they were physically abused as children and then say "I turned out alright"...except for the part were you advocate for physical abuse of children lol

    • @annaelizabzth
      @annaelizabzth Před 8 měsíci +57

      Say it louder

    • @billycox475
      @billycox475 Před 8 měsíci +93

      Yep, they have no idea how much better they might've turned out if not for the abuse. I really hate the "muh dad beat my ass and I turned out alright" thing. It's just so wrong

    • @southernfriedwestcoaster
      @southernfriedwestcoaster Před 6 měsíci +5

      Fr

    • @crystallinemushroom4803
      @crystallinemushroom4803 Před 5 měsíci

      stockholm syndrome@@billycox475

    • @hazeltree7738
      @hazeltree7738 Před 4 měsíci +43

      "I turned out alright" seems to usually mean "I find this normal". For instance, if you bottle up all your emotions, get angry at small things very easily and believe hitting and shouting at children helps them learn, you did not turn out alright! Go to therapy

  • @liamh2001
    @liamh2001 Před 4 měsíci +12

    I'm an Australian and I used to hate the idea of mandatory voting. I now actually think it's a good thing. Making voting a duty stops political shenanigans that try to encourage people not to come out to vote. I've heard of such nonsense happening in the US. Plus it makes moderates come out and vote too, not just the people who really really care, which I think is good to have the non fanatical voters be more engaged. Overall I think it makes our political system more robust. Just my opinion.

  • @mariobosnjak99
    @mariobosnjak99 Před 4 měsíci +5

    "I got hit with a strap and ive never been to a shrink" ok... thats your problem, not the worlds

  • @elizabethhh2460
    @elizabethhh2460 Před rokem +263

    In fourth grade, two kids were bragging about how many spoons their moms had broken by spanking them. This video made me think of that again, and I didn't quite realize how messed up that was

    • @Weirdkauz
      @Weirdkauz Před 4 měsíci +3

      Just seconds ago, I put away a wooden spoon, contentedly thinking how hard and durable that thing is...

    • @beatlefan713
      @beatlefan713 Před 2 měsíci

      Hey I’ll take a wooden spoon over having to pick a switch 🤷‍♂️ 😂

    • @user-uo8ny1kj4c
      @user-uo8ny1kj4c Před měsícem

      It's how you either create a masochist or a sadist

  • @jamielancaster01
    @jamielancaster01 Před rokem +438

    In middle school I was paddled once for minor infraction. The next day my father who at 6’6” was a mountain of a man had a meeting with the principal and the coach who paddle to me - my father told them that if I was ever paddled again he would come back here and he would paddle them. I was a good kid & thankfully I never got paddled again.

    • @Sinaeb
      @Sinaeb Před rokem +26

      did the coach get paddled at least?

    • @iHelpSolveIt
      @iHelpSolveIt Před rokem +58

      My mother did the same to my high school. She was the scariest person I ever knew when she was furious.

    • @antarcticagreenland2703
      @antarcticagreenland2703 Před rokem +20

      That would be funny if he did paddle them

    • @soulscanner66
      @soulscanner66 Před rokem

      There's a great video of Paul McCartney describing George Harrison's dad dropping a teacher that hit him. Worth googling CZcams for it. Bottom line, hitting kids is for cowards.

    • @no3ironman11100
      @no3ironman11100 Před rokem +38

      That story is one that's heard a lot when the teacher's desire to hit the kid contrasts the parent's not to. It's honestly based how many parents have said those things "If you hit my kids again, you will be the next one to be hit"

  • @Dimpl739
    @Dimpl739 Před 7 měsíci +7

    The most important part of compulsory voting is that it's on the government to ensure that every voter has reasonable access to a polling booth - a 6 hour wait to vote is unheard of here, but I believe this kind of thing has been used as a voter suppression tactic in the US.

  • @YourPapa
    @YourPapa Před 4 měsíci +15

    LegalEagle: "Legal in the US, But Illegal Elsewhere"
    Also LegalEagle: * proceeds to show a haircut that's illegal only in Iran and North Korea *

    • @ghoulishgoober3122
      @ghoulishgoober3122 Před 4 měsíci +11

      So he was right, it is illegal elsewhere

    • @schemesthefox1255
      @schemesthefox1255 Před 3 měsíci +4

      He said elsewhere, not everywhere else. The difference is that elsewhere means other places and everywhere else means everywhere apart from the US

    • @Leck400
      @Leck400 Před měsícem

      Those are the only two other countries, obviously.

  • @eldoriath1
    @eldoriath1 Před rokem +1050

    As for voting participation, Sweden get about 80-85% participation with voluntary voting. You just show up, show ID and vote, simple as that.
    I've heard a big reason for the low US voting is that it requires multiple steps in order to vote combined with not being mandatory allowed time off from work in order to go voting.

    • @MrGreen876
      @MrGreen876 Před rokem +123

      Not necessarily multiple steps. But you have to be a Registered Voter. Which usually is done when getting your driver license/personal ID. And yes, finding time to get to the booth is sometimes hard since they close around the same time that factories let out. Let alone retail/transport workers

    • @cringeginge7663
      @cringeginge7663 Před rokem +12

      Agree except for the multiple steps part

    • @JV-pu8kx
      @JV-pu8kx Před rokem +30

      The step of voter registration in the U.S. is required because there are restrictions. For example: You don't want someone who just move in to go out the next day to cast a vote in a local election without having the opportunity to learn about the issues, platforms, etc. And you loose your voting rights by being convicted of certain crimes. Unfortunately, there are flaws in every system.

    • @MrGreen876
      @MrGreen876 Před rokem +16

      @@JV-pu8kx sounds about like what happened when we started letting slaves and women vote...

    • @eldoriath1
      @eldoriath1 Před rokem +81

      @@JV-pu8kx
      Yeah, and I have a funny feeling that "rich people crimes" doesn't make you loose your right but "poor people crimes" do? I just don't think that being a criminal in general should make you loose your right to vote, and certainly if it isn't very aimed at those that are more prone to committing crime due to being financially vurnerable. Kinda just makes a negative feed-back loop.

  • @PixelBytesPixelArtist
    @PixelBytesPixelArtist Před rokem +86

    i find it insane that it would be legal for a teach in many states to injure an unknown child in their school without consent but if they did the same to an adult they would get sent to jail. Under what context is it morally okay to assault another human and the only reason is because they go to an educational facility that they are legally obligated to attend? Schools are equipped with hundreds of more humane ways of dicipline

  • @cmdrdyland
    @cmdrdyland Před 4 měsíci +3

    I have severe anxiety disorder from this type of garbage. Many children including myself were chased around the house and "disciplined" their entire life.
    Chased up and down the house for wanting to stay home from school and play video games. Beaten with the metal end of a belt until I would stop crying. This is not okay. I get terrified at the slightest noises and circumstances now. I was a lot calmer as a child.
    There is a reason for the increase in Anxiety diagnosis overall, separate to Technology. Nothing to do with TikTok or the 'Algorithm'
    Children get beat. Their head gets messed up. They perceive the world from a hyper-aggressive point of view then project it onto others without even realizing it.
    The reason why its so bad is because there is no metric or measurement we can all standardize. Some parents will lightly tap their child's hand with a spoon, which is far more reasonable than beating someone with a metal end of the belt. Each parent has the liberty to go as harsh as they want to, ultimately perpetuating the cycle and causing net harm.
    I got therapy which helped me self reflect, something which was impossible to do on my own. it SHOULD be Illegal, that is an objective fact.
    Anyone who says otherwise has trauma they haven't dealt with.

  • @adalbertocardoso4920
    @adalbertocardoso4920 Před 2 měsíci +3

    A curious little unknown fact about Brazil's 1 dolar fine is that it actually works as a deterrent in 2 cases:
    1. Everyone knows there is a fine, but a small, yet non-negligible part of the population doesn't know how much is it. It's public information, but I've met my fair share of people who thought it was a lot more, so they went to vote not to be fined until someone told them.
    2. Not that long ago, the process to pay your fine was more of a pain in the ass than to go voting. You had to go to the proper government building, get the bill, then to to the correct bank, stay in line, etc. Nowadays you ca just do it through an app, but remember the people from 1 who didn't know the fine was a dollar until someone told them? Some of them didn't get this memo either.
    Bonus curiosity: If you can't pay the fine you don't have to. I know this isn't how fines are supposed to work, but if you're homeless or in some super vulnerable situation you just have to sign a paper saying you can't pay and the fine gets pardoned.

  • @alexc2265
    @alexc2265 Před rokem +65

    Declawing cats is banned in 39 countries, including nearly all of Europe, plus nearly all of Canada.

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 Před rokem +1

      yet clipping birds wings is still legal almost everywhere

    • @alexc2265
      @alexc2265 Před rokem

      @@mehere8038 Birds are meant to be free

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 Před rokem +3

      @@alexc2265 yes they are, but it's also still legal to cage them in most countries too & in most countries, to even cage them alone, in many cases leading to them self-harming cause of how distressed they are with the conditions they're kept in

    • @alexc2265
      @alexc2265 Před rokem +1

      @@mehere8038 yeah, I don’t believe in driving animals into self harm. The world’s laws are so anthropocentric.

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 Před rokem +4

      @@alexc2265 yup. Kinda ironic though isn't it that it's illegal in so many countries to remove the claws from cats, BUT it's fully legal to remove birds ability to get away from cats, causing their likely deaths in the process.
      I've got 2 rescues, one that can't fly/has fused wings from a decade in a TINY cage, the other that can fly but for whatever reason (no doubt relating to his past) hates to do so. I spent lots of time on flight training with him to make sure he could land safely if he did get startled & take off & he has flown off a couple of times when outside & then got stuck in trees, cause he's too scared to fly back down lol but all the problems both my rescues have are a direct result of a previous owner who didn't understand their needs & didn't bother to learn what they were :( They are 2 VERY emotionally & physically messed up little birds because of how they were treated in their prior life! VERY common story with captive birds though, tehy're the most surrendered pet, cause they have intense needs & far too many owners get them cause they look cute, but have no clue on their needs, then they do things like wing clipping, which means the birds only way to defend themselves is to bite, since they can't fly away when scared, so then they get abused by their owners because they're seen as "problems" cause they bite & on & on down the spiral! Very sad! Like you say, all about the humans, no thought into the animals needs

  • @_somerandomguyontheinternet_

    “I was hit with a strap - BAM! BAM! BAM! - and I’ve never been to a shrink!”
    That explains… so much.

  • @danielgoodrich264
    @danielgoodrich264 Před 10 měsíci +10

    12:44
    In Missouri the voter registration committee makes it near impossible for those who have been homeless to vote.

  • @dubious6718
    @dubious6718 Před 10 měsíci +2

    In Norway we have pre-voting, where you can vote every day a few weeks before the vote day.
    No need to stand in line.
    I was in and out in less than 5 minutes.

  • @parkour267
    @parkour267 Před rokem +1020

    I think the sheer embarrassment of being spanked by a teacher is cruelty of the utmost foul position.

    • @babybird4255
      @babybird4255 Před rokem +45

      Trust me some really need it.

    • @Grimnoire
      @Grimnoire Před rokem +16

      @@babybird4255 fr some teachers have it rough in public schools

    • @ScottMStolz
      @ScottMStolz Před rokem +12

      Depending on the school district, it usually happens in the Vice Principal's office with consent of the parent. Other kids never find out unless the kid spanked tells other kids.

    • @hannibalbarca1147
      @hannibalbarca1147 Před rokem +111

      @@babybird4255 maybe if the teachers had the resources to do their job as well as proper training then the solution would be better than slapping your kid. Simple does not mean good.

    • @babybird4255
      @babybird4255 Před rokem +14

      @@hannibalbarca1147 Who said slapping? Teachers are outnumbered 20 to 1. They can be very trained, but that doesn't take away from the fact that some kids could use a spanken.

  • @aurenian8247
    @aurenian8247 Před rokem +61

    A key factor of the Australian system is they make it really easy to vote. It's always on a weekend, there are polling stations all over the place in schools and public offices. There is early voting, postal voting, absentee voting. You can be on holiday in another country and send in a form to vote if you are an Australian citizen.

    • @MariaPaula-uw3ds
      @MariaPaula-uw3ds Před 4 měsíci +5

      In Brazil elections are on Sundays and people can choose where to vote so its close to their home

    • @jacoblister
      @jacoblister Před 2 měsíci

      Mullets are also compulsory in Australia

    • @chanterelle483
      @chanterelle483 Před 2 měsíci

      As it should be.

  • @mikaay4269
    @mikaay4269 Před 9 měsíci +4

    The argument is so dumb:
    "Hey son I don't like how you act so I will do something that is basically assault."
    And then they wonder why most kids go on with that attitude towards everyone.

  • @KC_Chiefs993
    @KC_Chiefs993 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Ok so parents aren't allowed to beat up their children but their allowed to beat up their kids butt?

    • @KC_Chiefs993
      @KC_Chiefs993 Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@ateol America is way to free!

  • @Alexander-kc8oq
    @Alexander-kc8oq Před rokem +223

    "I was hit with a strap *bam bam bam* and I´ve never been to a shrink"
    This explains a lot about Sean Hannity

    • @iantha999
      @iantha999 Před rokem +8

      hahahaha, that's exactly what i tought.

    • @johnsmithe4656
      @johnsmithe4656 Před rokem +8

      He should have mentioned that it was his skull they were thwacking over and over. Wouldn't stop until he stopped responding and sat there with drool running down his bloodied chin. "And if you even THINK of becoming responsive before bed time we will send you to bed with no dinner!!!"
      It's okay that he's never been to a therapist, he's beyond helping.

    • @iantha999
      @iantha999 Před rokem +3

      @@johnsmithe4656 Hi John, fun to see a fellow Cardanoian in the comments xD

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio Před rokem

      It also sounds like his parents probably went too far even for what most supporters would consider appropriate. He acts like an absolute raving nutter.

    • @InternetMameluq
      @InternetMameluq Před rokem +2

      'This explains a lot about Sean Hannity'
      Yeah, I thought he looked like a potato because he was Irish, but it turns out it's because he had his face rearranged by a drunken irish dad.

  • @neonshower
    @neonshower Před rokem +435

    I often had to face pretty intense corporal punishment as a child when I had emotional meltdowns (not even really misbehaving, just crying) and I never understood why. At 23 i was finally diagnosed with autism and now my parents feel guilty because that is obviously extremely unhelpful. Too often parents jump to hitting without even explaining why the child is being punished. If they cannot understand, all it does is traumatize them. Even if they do understand their wrongdoing, how insecure do you have to be as a full grown adult and parent that you feel the need to assert your superior physical strength to an ignorant, innocent child

    • @JM-wf2to
      @JM-wf2to Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@KindredBrujah I got hit. I don't whine. I learned lessons. Your kids will be soft AF.Mine won't.

    • @whydoineedanameiwillneverp7790
      @whydoineedanameiwillneverp7790 Před 10 měsíci +79

      ​@@JM-wf2to What lessons did you learn that you _wouldn't_ have learnt if you didn't get hit?
      I grew up with kids who were beaten fairly regularly as punishment (slaps/hit with utensils/etc) - and some that only got stern talking to-s. The outcomes were fairly similar in both cases - we sometimes listened and learnt our lessons, we sometimes ignored the beating/talking and continued till we understood the lesson. The only difference in my experience was the kids who were beaten sometimes did shit to intentionally goad their parents - because "I am risking a beating" bought you some street cred that "I am risking a stern talking to" didn't.

    • @RedFail1-1
      @RedFail1-1 Před 9 měsíci

      Everyone has Autism

    • @christopherstein2024
      @christopherstein2024 Před 9 měsíci +2

      "Even if the understand their wrongdoing... innocent child."
      🧐🧐🧐

    • @CT-gl2zj
      @CT-gl2zj Před 9 měsíci +38

      Yeah, I'm pretty sure there are a lot of kids out there being physically harmed as punishment for their mental conditions, and it is only making it worse. Like they can just beat you into being neurotypical. Beat the anxiety and depression out of someone else. Beat kids out of having learning disorders. Etc, etc.

  • @martinrotvig
    @martinrotvig Před 3 měsíci +3

    It blows my mind that “parental rights” supersedes children’s basic human rights in the US!

  • @emeraldaly7646
    @emeraldaly7646 Před měsícem +1

    Charles Ferndale was *sentenced* to death in 2013. It was never carried out; his sentence was commuted in 2016 and he was returned to England. He was surely alive in November 2022 when the Byline Times did a feature on him, which also stated he was living as a free man at that time.

  • @roberthoward4741
    @roberthoward4741 Před rokem +487

    Hannity "I deserved it I was a troubled kid" Jesus this explains so much. Dude got the sense beat out of him.

    • @generatoralignmentdevalue
      @generatoralignmentdevalue Před rokem +90

      It sounds like the only choice he had to rationalize the world around him was to start believing that even kids sometimes deserve that kind of abuse, and that he was just inherently bad. I wish we had to imagine the sort of politics that could make you spout if you never addressed it in therapy first.

    • @InternetMameluq
      @InternetMameluq Před rokem

      Troubled by tyranny, yeah. Anyone who needs proof that child abuse causes fascism doesn't need to look long.
      Fun fact: Hitler, Mao Zedong, and Stalin were all abusively beaten by their father. It's not a coincidence that they all developed a cruel disregard for human dignity... and were obsessed with corporal punishment as a form of 'discipline' for adults.

    • @marcomobson
      @marcomobson Před rokem +11

      And sadly it teaches us, that there is only one possibility to get sensible thoughts into little Seanie's mind... 🙈
      Who wants to be first?

    • @JaWick_WitaStick
      @JaWick_WitaStick Před rokem +2

      Man it so crazy how so many people view the world in balck in white still

    • @Fluffkitscripts
      @Fluffkitscripts Před rokem +1

      “I got beat and I turnd out ok!!” No you didn’t, you’re trying to beat kids. You lost a few brain cells at least.

  • @giggityguy
    @giggityguy Před rokem +392

    I have to imagine that the legality of corporal punishment for kids makes it really weird to try to prove physical abuse, because it seems like the only way to distinguish the two is for the court to have an official opinion on whether the kid deserved it.

    • @Kisai_Yuki
      @Kisai_Yuki Před rokem +81

      If you break the skin, or leave a bruise, it crosses the line from "a slap/spanking" to "assault", which is why teachers are usually unwilling to resort to it, and haven't generally since the 80's. Teachers would still threaten to do so by slapping a yard stick against a chair though. Private schools on the other hand...
      If you've seen on the news over the last few years about the discovery of bodies at indian(native) schools run by the catholic church. You see why corporal punishment shouldn't be dished out by teachers at all.

    • @no-cv4dx
      @no-cv4dx Před rokem +2

      I read all forms of "corporal punishment" as misdemeanor battery in every state. It's punishment enacted without any judicial oversight. Disgusting practice, and anyone who does it deserves to get the paddle taken from them and whacked until they can't use their arms again.

    • @rahmadrenaldi2624
      @rahmadrenaldi2624 Před rokem

      @@Kisai_Yuki yeah, but that's catholic church. They aren't normal school, they're literally an organized cult and you wonder why they kill more children in their schools than peta kill dogs in their shelters

    • @help4343
      @help4343 Před rokem +12

      @@tlihdsnm26947
      how-you-going? Is that supposed to mean something?

    • @LabGecko
      @LabGecko Před rokem +15

      @@Kisai_Yuki It is quite a simple thing to kill someone without breaking the skin or leaving a bruise. Watch a few mobster movies and you'll see examples that also work in real life.

  • @funnatopia704
    @funnatopia704 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I like how people think this has solved abuse lol.
    Nah, parents have just gotten better at hiding it and scaring their kids into silence.

  • @bicyclist2
    @bicyclist2 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I remember the Richard Pryor scene shown here. It was from Brewsters Millions. I had a cop in Salzberg Austria yell at me for riding a bike on the sidewalk. I didn't understand what he was talking about so he pointed to the street. I moved the bike to the street and he went back to directing cars. Thank you.

  • @jon2922
    @jon2922 Před rokem +603

    A clever advantage of mandatory voting is that it means everyone MUST get the opportunity to vote, ergo, no more "I want to vote but can't get time off work"

    • @samuels1123
      @samuels1123 Před rokem +11

      I wonder what the supreme would do when company punishes employees for leaving to vote

    • @jon2922
      @jon2922 Před rokem +123

      @@samuels1123 we already see this kind of thing when somebody needs time off for jury service, part time military service or similar things, it's not employer v employee, it becomes employer v government and spoiler, government isn't about to lose.

    • @simmerke1111
      @simmerke1111 Před rokem +41

      Also ensures that there are enough places to vote and that the ques aren't too long, since you're paying people and overtime is more expensive than hiring extra personnel.

    • @JQNick
      @JQNick Před rokem +8

      Ohh no, thats not how it works 🤣
      You don’t get a free day off for voting, you either go to a pre-voting station in city hall the week leading up to it, enrol for a postal vote or get asked to pay the dollarydoos when the fine turns up in your mail.

    • @JM-rh3nv
      @JM-rh3nv Před rokem +7

      Maybe. OR maybe you will end up with a swath of poor people being fined for being poor.

  • @nighthawk043
    @nighthawk043 Před rokem +240

    Regarding Voting in Australia: It's compulsory for Federal and State Elections & Referendums, but not for the smaller local government (edit: depending on state. I wasn't aware but it's apparently also compulsory in some states). In addition, while you are required to vote, there's no requirement for your vote to be a "valid" vote. It is perfectly legal to walk into an election booth, cover your voting slip in nothing but phallic imagery, or in fact to write nothing on the ballot at all. This is called an informal vote, and is a valid way to say "I don't like ANY of these candidates".

    • @kaspianepps7946
      @kaspianepps7946 Před rokem

      Fun phallic voting fact: at a UK general election a few years ago, someone drew a penis in one of the boxes on their ballot. As it was entirely within the box it was considered a valid vote for that candidate.

    • @AnotherDoug
      @AnotherDoug Před rokem +26

      It is compulsory to vote in local government elections (except Western Australia and South Australia) - fine is $55 in New South Wales. [Edit to add exceptions to compulsory voting]
      You are correct that there is no obligation to write anything on the ballot paper - so, if that's your intention, just leave them blank or put a big cross through them. No-one needs to read your misspelt attempt at writing swear words or anatomically incorrect art - people do have to look at these papers during counting.

    • @meeukdjilba1439
      @meeukdjilba1439 Před rokem +11

      @@AnotherDoug It isn't compulsory to vote in local government elections in some states such as Western Australia while in others like New South Wales it is. Not sure why it's inconsistant at the local level.

    • @TEDdeMedici
      @TEDdeMedici Před rokem +2

      Local government elections have compulsory voting. A lot of people just don't and the commissions usually don't chase people there.

    • @guigazalu
      @guigazalu Před rokem +2

      In Brazil, we "nullify" our vote, usually pressing just 0s. But I'd NOT recommend it, worse when we are pretending a tactic os sustenance of a bourgeoisie democracy will be enough to defeat fascism.

  • @poogle9368
    @poogle9368 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I really hate that Devin is so likeable. How am I supposed to hate lawyers when he’s so nice.

  • @AliciaGuitar
    @AliciaGuitar Před 17 dny +1

    I was a well behaved kid and wasnt spanked much, but I was traumatized by other kids being hit. In school they would spank kids with a giant wooden paddle in front of the whole class. There were two classrooms, so they got it twice. In second grade the teacher sometimes pulled down the kids pants first and paddled their naked butt. Once she made us all line up to get whipped on the hands with a ruler because a few kids were talking. It left bruises. No adult ever got in trouble for it. To this day it literally hurts my bones to see someone get beat like kids were beat when i was little. I am 44 years old now. I DID need therapy. I literally cannot remember a single "spanking" that was deserved. I do remember wondering why i was spanked and asking my mom to explain to me what i did wrong. She said she didnt know but i must have done SOMETHING 😢 all i learned is no matter how good you are, there is no safety.

  • @quarterlifecrisisstudio4265

    My emotionally abusive sperm donor would say "you're lucky i don't use the belt like my dad did" and phrase it as a good thing. The fact that some people take pride in that they used to be hit by a belt is disturbing.

    • @drugdealerwithabadassclo-oe6ox
      @drugdealerwithabadassclo-oe6ox Před rokem +8

      My parents beat me together and were kicking my face while I was on the floor one time.

    • @giuliagabriela9729
      @giuliagabriela9729 Před rokem +7

      Oh I get you, mom used to say that she didn't want to break the broom on me
      It's past the time we stop this generation trauma

    • @t.l.c7481
      @t.l.c7481 Před rokem +1

      When I got the belt, I put on tons of underwear to reduce the blows.

    • @Feathertail2205
      @Feathertail2205 Před rokem +5

      While I don't condone fearful threats, I think what he was trying to say is "be grateful I'm more merciful to you than my parent(s) were to me" but regardless it's not something proud nor nice to be said.

    • @Pushing_Pixels
      @Pushing_Pixels Před rokem +7

      @@Feathertail2205 More like "be grateful I don't beat you more". Not using a belt is not much of a mercy.

  • @CollinMcLean
    @CollinMcLean Před rokem +54

    "I've been hit with a strap and I've never been to a shrink" Sean I think you've just accidentally explained a lot to us...

    • @aaronpatterson2369
      @aaronpatterson2369 Před rokem +2

      YES!! That he is STRONGER THAN YOU! Go on now...go hide in your safe place.

    • @chey7691
      @chey7691 Před rokem

      Never thought you could beat the sense out of people until I heard that, now I hope parents will take it as the warning against abuse. Or else your child will end up with a room temperature intelligence and lick boots for a living.

    • @C-shadow
      @C-shadow Před rokem +20

      @@aaronpatterson2369 yes, real strength comes from ignoring the problems rotting at us from within instead of addressing and working on them, fantastic point
      I'll make sure to also ignore the termites and mildew so my house stays strong

    • @Abedeuss
      @Abedeuss Před rokem +5

      @@aaronpatterson2369 If he's stronger or smarter than you, then I really pity you in regards to both.

    • @StCreed
      @StCreed Před rokem +1

      He reminds me of the 16 years old father in the hospital, smoking in the waiting room. Both he and the mother had ofcourse been smoking during the pregnancy. When I asked why, he said "my mom did the same and it never hurt me". Looking at him, I thought "well, I have my own opinion on that!" but never said it.
      Sean is a bit similar.

  • @danwilcox8833
    @danwilcox8833 Před 3 měsíci +1

    In the US we can also put cancer causing substances in our food if it's cheaper than non-cancerous alternatives. Although American cheese can't even legally be sold as cheese here. It's a pasteurized processed cheese product (which won out over "embalmed cheese" in the original FDA debate over what it could be sold as).

  • @Msh4rky
    @Msh4rky Před 7 měsíci +1

    I got distracted for a second and came back to fish shooting each other with ar15’s

  • @micdoodle2286
    @micdoodle2286 Před rokem +750

    Hey guys! Future (in less than 3 months) mental health nurse here. Spanking and other forms of physical punishment can absolutely hinder the growth both literal and metaphorical of your child. Explaining why they are wrong is key to effective punishment. Remember when you're yelling at a young child your not yelling at a grown ass adult. They don't understand why you are yelling at them. You are their guardian and they look to you for what is right and wrong.

    • @COPROO
      @COPROO Před rokem

      What is a mental health nurse? You mean a psychotherapist?

    • @izzatihassan1475
      @izzatihassan1475 Před rokem +36

      My country's ministry of education has outlawed this in schools. Surprised that America still has em in some states!

    • @christinewalker7242
      @christinewalker7242 Před rokem +88

      When I misbehaved in public, my parents would tell me to stop. If I didn't after a few times, they would take me to the car and put me in time out (they were in the car with me the whole time, didn't just leave me). Later that day at home when I was in a calm mood, they would talk to me, tell me what I did wrong and ask me if there was a better way I thought I could have expressed my emotions. That was so effective because I knew why I was being punished and didn't get told the correct solution, but had to think what it was.

    • @christinewalker7242
      @christinewalker7242 Před rokem +26

      @uNnHkP8mza That is horrible! My parents are strong believers in the not be violent but being stern when needed approach. Not being my friends but also not being my enemies. Being my safety and keeping the world safe from me. Not reviling in saying no, but always ready to say it if needed. I think that has allowed me to be well adjusted.

    • @doctorwyvern9992
      @doctorwyvern9992 Před rokem +1

      And if that doesn’t get the child to change their behavior?

  • @DouglasHollingsworth1
    @DouglasHollingsworth1 Před rokem +157

    5:50 - imagine that. When you raise a generation without the trauma of physical violence as a core childhood memory, they tend to statistically be less violent as they get older. What a novel concept.

    • @EvileDik
      @EvileDik Před rokem +3

      Much easier to control the populace, not so good if you're at the beginnings of decades of resource war.

    • @RamsayBolton13
      @RamsayBolton13 Před rokem +33

      @@EvileDik there doesn’t need to be a resource war. We have the tech to produce needed resources it’s just that people prefer profit over lives

    • @EvileDik
      @EvileDik Před rokem +4

      @@RamsayBolton13 I'd like to see the tech solution to most of the equator being uninhabitable in the next 20 years. Ukraine is just the start.
      But I'm going way off topic, a violence free civilisation is a noble aspiration, just not pragmatic while you share a world with those who will just take it as a sign of weakness. Also it's kind of hard to police a populace without the implied threat of violence.

    • @stephenjenkins7971
      @stephenjenkins7971 Před rokem +2

      @@RamsayBolton13 Because profit, or rather; well being is generally more important than lives, yes. This recent war in Ukraine proves that; the West might generally be willing to deal with the pain of economic damage, but most of the world doesn't care. And the West's stance is more a product of ideology and realpolitik.

    • @AveragePicker
      @AveragePicker Před rokem +18

      @@EvileDik "a violence free civilisation(sic)...who will just take it as a sign of weakness. ..." That is absolutely absurd and if it were even remotely true places like Somalia would be the viewed as the strongest and most respected.

  • @caspermcgonagle1532
    @caspermcgonagle1532 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Not seeing a “shrink” isn’t a flex just like not going to the doctor doesn’t mean you’re in perfect health.

  • @honky-kong
    @honky-kong Před 3 měsíci +4

    I had a male teacher spank me with a paddle for saying something he didn't like, and everyone was OK with it. I ran into him a few years later and he said something I didn't like so I spanked him and got arrested. The double standard needs to go away. He was all about spanking when he was bigger than me, but against it when the tables turned.

  • @JannPoo
    @JannPoo Před rokem +168

    5:16 thanks for clarifying that you made those up. I would have totally believed that those were real, because at this point I resigned myself to the acceptance that there is no such thing as an idea too stupid and ludicrous for people to support.

    • @nielsunnerup7099
      @nielsunnerup7099 Před rokem +18

      Watching the Onion is the best training to not fall for that sort of thing.

    • @dinamosflams
      @dinamosflams Před rokem +1

      ​@@nielsunnerup7099 the importance of good fiction

    • @prettyevil6662000
      @prettyevil6662000 Před rokem +6

      @@nielsunnerup7099 Until a bunch of onion stories become real and you can't tell fiction from reality anymore.

    • @minneelyyyy8923
      @minneelyyyy8923 Před rokem +1

      @@prettyevil6662000 so true. those onion videos were made well over a decade ago and occasionally you see something that doesn't seem so far fetched by today's standards...

    • @ezekielanderson9055
      @ezekielanderson9055 Před 11 měsíci

      So you want kids to not be punished and grow up to be a-holes?

  • @brezza6892
    @brezza6892 Před rokem +192

    In Australia you can skip voting and use any reasonable excuse. I've had my mail mixed up and wasn't aware of voting dates and I was excused of my fine without proof.

    • @LordDomielOfElysium
      @LordDomielOfElysium Před rokem +14

      Wait.. some countries you HAVE to vote? No one really cares if you Vote or not in my country, some people don’t even know when voting season is-

    • @cabinboycott
      @cabinboycott Před rokem +14

      @@LordDomielOfElysium did you not watch the video?

    • @Fujimokou985
      @Fujimokou985 Před rokem

      @cabinboycott
      well, at least he wouldn't need to vote in Brazil.

    • @dianasosa1301
      @dianasosa1301 Před rokem +1

      It's the same thing in Brazil. You can justify or pay a symbolic fine. I didn't vote in the first round of the last elections because of my sister's wedding.

    • @niadh5913
      @niadh5913 Před rokem

      I think compulsory voting is a good idea but there also has to be a none of the above option. If none of the above wins tjen you have to rerun the election. Maybe then the parties will shape up?

  • @jessicaholscher4097
    @jessicaholscher4097 Před 5 měsíci +3

    how does spanking teach any child anything except: if someone breaks the rules, it's okay to physically cause pain?

  • @marceloasensiofilho3833
    @marceloasensiofilho3833 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Here in Brazil the fine is very low but you can lose up to a few hours thanks to the bureocracy of it as it is deliberately slow

  • @wintyrqueen
    @wintyrqueen Před rokem +644

    It’s weird that physical assault is illegal in the US, unless it’s against a child by a parent

    • @johnladuke6475
      @johnladuke6475 Před rokem +137

      Or a teacher.

    • @iesika7387
      @iesika7387 Před rokem +153

      It's utterly wild. And there's often statutes of limitation that basically prevent young adults from later pressing charges against their abusers. Hitting a kid should get you MORE punishment than punching a stranger on the street, not less

    • @namenotfound8747
      @namenotfound8747 Před rokem +26

      Spanking is not the same as slap, punching or kicking kids. Corporal punishment builds character by parents. Teachers, on the other hand, I don't agree with.

    • @wintyrqueen
      @wintyrqueen Před rokem +49

      @@namenotfound8747 All of those things are permitted under parental corporal punishment parameters.

    • @namenotfound8747
      @namenotfound8747 Před rokem +12

      @@wintyrqueen Try it and see how fast you get child services get called on you by teachers and health professionals. But spanking, not going to happen.

  • @GrayBlood1331
    @GrayBlood1331 Před rokem +265

    "I've never been to a shrink!"
    Really crystalizes the stigma around therapy.

    • @pensivelyrebelling
      @pensivelyrebelling Před rokem +73

      It also isn’t the flex he thinks it is. Like, we know you’re not fine, dude. You demonstrate it daily on national tv. Therapy might be a good thing.

    • @staytuned2L337
      @staytuned2L337 Před rokem +23

      @@pensivelyrebelling agree. Just got to the part where he's beating the desk... o.o mans not okay.

    • @catholicdad
      @catholicdad Před rokem

      Howso?

    • @staytuned2L337
      @staytuned2L337 Před rokem +45

      @@catholicdad it's not really a brag to say you were a troubled kid and didn't get any help for it. Kids act up and out for a reason, and being smacked by the people who are supposed to guide you through how to become a well adjuated adult doesn't do that. Getting the belt doesn't adjust behavior it supresses it and doesn't really teach the kid anything other than "don't get caught"

    • @InfernosReaper
      @InfernosReaper Před rokem +5

      @@staytuned2L337 To be real, a lot of kids just have impulse control and do dumb stuff. The thing is, beatings don't really tend to stop that

  • @timmellor2599
    @timmellor2599 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I am old enough to remember being canned at school. The most I received was "five of the best" from the deputy head, and yes, PG Wodehouse has it about right: "it stingeth like an adder"! But I also attended school after the ban (my "high school days"), and I can't say I noticed any real change in discipline.
    Sure, there were those who broke the no smoking rule (and on school grounds too), but there were other punishments to canning. Letters to parents, initially, followed by detentions, suspensions and, if there is no remedy (and my school was selective), expulsion. I don't think the lack of canning and other corporal punishments have affected European society, there are other issues at play. It is too easy to use corporal punishment in a moment of frustration and anger, but that is surely good parenting- choosing the other way, and patiently explaining why some things are wrong. The "naughty step" works for small children; leave them a while and then talk to them before bringing them back into the room with everyone else.

  • @CidVeldoril
    @CidVeldoril Před 8 měsíci +3

    I wonder. Is the combination of "Teachers are allowed to beat up students" and "Said students have a 2A right to own spicy things" not absolutely bound to lead to "interesting consequences" ?

  • @BunnySquishums
    @BunnySquishums Před rokem +303

    When I was in 3rd grade, I struggled to stay focused on schoolwork. My teacher was a total b*tch who yelled at her students, and she would call me a "bonehead slacker" or "dumb as rocks" when I didn't do my work correctly. My grades got so bad that my dad spanked me as punishment.
    I am 28 now, and I never put a single ounce of effort into school after that day. I tried so hard to be a good student for my awful teacher, but my dad only cared about how my grades were. Being hit made me realize that my effort doesn't matter if the result isn't perfect.
    Also I don't talk to my dad anymore. Turns out the kind of man who hits his kid is just a bad person all around.

    • @1SCme
      @1SCme Před rokem +27

      *It is a lazy, ineffective punishment* - the better punishment would have been for your dad to force you to sit at the dinner table and study, then he would have known you were trying and not just slacking. *The effectiveness drops with repetition* - we have all known kids in school who didn't care about getting spanked. *It is often more about the adult acting on their own frustration more than correcting the behavior* which diminishes its effectiveness more, and teaches children physical violence to express dissatisfaction is acceptable.
      I was the youngest of 5 with a big age difference between most of us. My mom spanked my oldest siblings, but realized it wasn't effective, and also had negative effects. By my time, she believed the only time a child might be spanked was if it involved a child undertaking an action that risked their safety (example - running away from home as a child).

    • @ShadowTasos
      @ShadowTasos Před rokem +35

      @@1SCme No offense but your solution of "your dad to force you to sit at the dinner table and study" is also not really effective, because we know for a fact that children cannot really absorb anything on an empty stomach - they need to be eating with other people at the dinner table, not studying and feeling like a punished outcast.
      More often than not, children who are struggling with their studies usually have underlying problems that they need help with. Sometimes it'll be something medical or psychiatric, like ADD or dyslexia -- calling these kids slackers and telling them they just need to study harder is just kinda cruel. They need actual help, that they'll never get while their problems get blamed on them being slackers and what have you. But other children who just don't follow schoolwork as well, just need guidance. A parent can sit down and help the child study. They can help them with the parts they don't get. Personal tutors can offer just that as well. That's the real solution there.
      And sorry to say but being spanked for wanting to leave your house just reinforces the urge to want to live your house lol. Spanking and other forms of corporal punishment are just a lazy way of feeling like you're addressing a problem, when you are not. If your child wants to run away from home, you talk to them and figure out wtf you're doing wrong for them to feel that way. Spanking them just teaches them that violence is the answer to problems, that's all.

    • @1SCme
      @1SCme Před rokem +1

      @@ShadowTasos You're lost - the dinner table is being referred to as an example location or piece of furniture, not an event, I didn't support name calling - you did a lot of typing to avoid reading.
      I can attest 1st hand that spanking, in limited use, most certainly did discourage repetition of the dangerous activity (me running away again), was more effective than just a good talkin' to.
      Your jump that it would teach me to embrace violence, or encourage me to do it again, is ridiculous... but you know this, evidenced by your silly belief that adding "lol" supports your foolish claim in prose when little to none exists in reality.

    • @1SCme
      @1SCme Před rokem +1

      You're lost Prideqt - the dinner table is being referred to as an example location or piece of furniture, not an event. I didn't support name calling. You did a lot of typing to avoid reading.
      I can attest 1st hand that spanking, in limited use, most certainly did discourage repetition of the dangerous activity (me running away again), was more effective than just a good talkin' to.
      Your jump that it would teach me to embrace violence, or encourage me to do it again, is ridiculous... but you know this, evidenced by your silly belief that adding "lol" supports your foolish claim in prose when little to none exists in reality.

    • @karenbauer8968
      @karenbauer8968 Před rokem +14

      You don't hit people that you love (if they don't ask for it ;)). It is that simple.

  • @caffeinefiend3720
    @caffeinefiend3720 Před rokem +374

    "...and I've never been to a shrink!"
    Just because you haven't seen a doctor, doesn't mean you're not sick. 😷

    • @Damaxyz
      @Damaxyz Před rokem +50

      That type of language just pushes the stigmatization of mental health, it's unfortunate that it's so normalized that you can hear that on TV.

    • @Robynhoodlum
      @Robynhoodlum Před rokem +22

      This. The worst part is that the more you need a therapist, the less likely you are to realize you need a therapist.

    • @ScottPress
      @ScottPress Před rokem +6

      Doesn't that explain a lot about Sean, eh?

    • @if7723
      @if7723 Před rokem +4

      @@Damaxyz Considering who its coming from we should be glad that he didn't say "only X race need therapy".

    • @tabeechey
      @tabeechey Před rokem +12

      The fact that he felt the need to act out the spankings on TV when nobody asked him to suggests that deep down he really *wants* to talk about it. So a shrink is exactly what he needs!

  • @dormantlime215
    @dormantlime215 Před 6 měsíci +1

    The fish with the AR-15 took me so off guard it almost killed me.

  • @sebastianschwerdt7231
    @sebastianschwerdt7231 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Aussie here, quick thing about compulsory voting. Personally I'm in favour of it, as there was a marked increase in voter turnout after its implementation especially in adolescents. But although we have compulsory voting, we don't have compulsory voting registration (and if we do then it isn't enforced). And because of that I have known far too many of my peers who have neglected to register and therefore are exempt from those fines. If they were to register and then fail to vote they would be fined, but because they didn't even register its as if they found a loophole. Voter turnout (particularly youth voter turnout) is extremely important, and the process of registering is so simple and quick it might as well just be automatic. If it were, it would entirely eliminate the existing politically apathetic for good (or at the very least make them more aware of their shortcomings).

  • @Smittel
    @Smittel Před rokem +403

    "Ive been spanked as a kid and ive never been to a shrink"
    And therein lies the problem.

    • @PixelBytesPixelArtist
      @PixelBytesPixelArtist Před rokem +42

      Dude is worth millions of dollars and refuses to go to therapy

    • @obeseperson
      @obeseperson Před rokem +4

      Wild seeing how widely disagreed with spanking is now
      I mean I can’t disagree with it but it’s strange to see

    • @golentan
      @golentan Před rokem +4

      Imagine Sean Hannity thinking “I turned out okay.” :/

    • @SergyMilitaryRankings
      @SergyMilitaryRankings Před rokem +7

      There's a difference between abuse and discipline

    • @samyloaiza98
      @samyloaiza98 Před rokem +9

      @@obeseperson views on things change but whether or not they are factually wrong only get clearer with time. Neuroscience agrees hitting children in wrong and ineffective. Science says obesity is unhealthy regardless of the modern American view that is just fine.
      What you think do sth doesn't change whether it is or isn't, it just shows how ignorant some people are of the things we collectively know as a species.

  • @libman2006
    @libman2006 Před rokem +237

    When referring to corporal punishment of kids I use the word hitting. Use of other words like spanking or smacking some how serves to minimise an act of violence against children. I was hit as a child for punishment and all it did was teach me not to get caught and to fear my parents.

    • @CrazyBear65
      @CrazyBear65 Před rokem +16

      My dad used to hit us with his belt. I learned to be sly and not get busted. I still got busted a couple few times and went to county jail for dumb shit. Best way to avoid jail is not to get busted, and the best way to not get busted is to not allow yourself to be placed in the position to get busted, or in other words, don't steal, don't rob, don't vandalize, and most importantly, _don't drive drunk!_ Now when it comes to smoking pot, no silly "law" ever stopped any individual from exercising our right to pursue happiness. Big Brother is finally being forced to admit that prohibition doesn't work because people are going to continue to do what makes us happy regardless of what Big Brother says or does. I smacked my daughter on the buttocks with an open hand, _one time,_ when she was two, because she bit me. It was more of an instantaneous reaction than a punishment.

    • @nielsbishere
      @nielsbishere Před rokem +27

      Just call a spade a spade; it's child abuse

    • @brandondavis7777
      @brandondavis7777 Před rokem +5

      You say "hitting" because you're not developed enough to know the difference in punishment and abuse.

    • @Simplenotion
      @Simplenotion Před rokem +31

      @@brandondavis7777 not developed enough huh? Weirdly experts disagree.

    • @I_Eat_Lemons
      @I_Eat_Lemons Před rokem +14

      @@brandondavis7777 Thanks for describing yourself, don't have children.

  • @Mark73
    @Mark73 Před 8 měsíci +16

    Using violence on your kids only teaches your kids that it's ok to use violence on other people.

    • @TheSuperappelflap
      @TheSuperappelflap Před 3 měsíci

      Incorrect. It can also teach them that behaving like a little shit has consequences

    • @Mark73
      @Mark73 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@TheSuperappelflap No, it teaches them that _their parents finding out_ that they've been behaving like a little shit has consequences. So they learn to hide it. They never actually learn the real reasons to not act like a little shit.
      Corporal punishment doesn't make kids good, it makes them sneaky.

    • @TheSuperappelflap
      @TheSuperappelflap Před 3 měsíci

      @@Mark73 it sure taught my brother not to try to pull kitchen knives on me when i had the tv remote

    • @Mark73
      @Mark73 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@TheSuperappelflap Did it teach him to not pull knives on other people? People too small to fight back?

    • @TheSuperappelflap
      @TheSuperappelflap Před 3 měsíci

      @@Mark73 no he was 5 years younger than me and yes it did teach him not to pull knives on people

  • @DeniseStoffelen
    @DeniseStoffelen Před 5 měsíci +2

    Spanking or hitting children is just plain child abuse, that shouldn't be legal anywhere in the world.

  • @frankcooke1692
    @frankcooke1692 Před rokem +460

    "I was belted as a kid and I turned out just fine" - every adult who is fixated on violence against children being the solution to all of societies problems.

    • @SonsOfLorgar
      @SonsOfLorgar Před rokem +9

      Sure seems that way.

    • @st.anselmsfire3547
      @st.anselmsfire3547 Před rokem

      Hey, Sean Hannity, who apparently thinks Donald Trump is the messiah, would like you to know that his parents beat the shit out of him every day and he turned out just fine and has never needed therapy. And now, he's going to remove his belt and demonstrate his daily beatings on national television.

    • @Waniou137
      @Waniou137 Před rokem +39

      What's stupid is the implication is that the belting/spanking/whatever didn't work, because they were "bad kids" and obviously the hitting didn't stop that or else they wouldn't be bad kids.

    • @Assassinus2
      @Assassinus2 Před rokem +54

      Heck, it seems like some of those adults are fixated on violence in general being the solution to everything.

    • @frankcooke1692
      @frankcooke1692 Před rokem +65

      @@Assassinus2 Yeah, like, you can't go around hitting adults if they're annoying or misbehave - that's common assault. But a defenseless child is fair game? That seems so backwards. And even if it was fair - I don't trust the majority of people to express clear judgment. Adults drink. Drinking makes people impulsive and aggressive. At what exact point is it the alcohol doing the spanking? At what point is not no longer punitive - and just an impatient outburst? And it doesn't 'toughen' people up. It conditions them to feel that any situation has the potential to escalate into assault.

  • @hobbitomm
    @hobbitomm Před rokem +416

    In compulsory voting systems there is no problem with spoiling your ballot (eg writing "none of the above"). But you get to actively do it, and you avoid a lot of voter suppression measures.

    • @arahman56
      @arahman56 Před rokem +4

      Yeah, Compulsory voting in the US would actually just be more voter suppression.

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 Před rokem +23

      @@arahman56 how so?

    • @arahman56
      @arahman56 Před rokem +12

      @@mehere8038 Many places in the US already make it pretty hard to vote (requiring specific ID that requiring spending at least one day off work to get, limited voting stations etc). If voting were to be made compulsory on top of that, it would only further hurt the people who can't afford to take any days off work, and could just even be another way to restrict their right to vote.

    • @unconventionalideas5683
      @unconventionalideas5683 Před rokem +26

      @@arahman56 That is actually really common outside the IS, including countries that may actually require voting. That said, I believe that if such requirements exist, and there are arguments to be made, then hard work should go into ensuring that everyone can have access to this ID if they are eligible to vote.

    • @hedgehog125
      @hedgehog125 Před rokem +2

      Makes sense. It's counted as a different thing as it means you cared enough to turn up but are dissatisfied with all the options

  • @gabrielabatista6016
    @gabrielabatista6016 Před 4 měsíci +1

    11:22 As a brazilian, I also want to add that there's extra penalties in case you don't go excuse your absence (which now can even be done online).
    - You can't emit new documents such as ID or passport (the only exception is if you are abroad and need the passport to come back to Brazil).
    - You can't enroll in public colleges and universities, can't participate in public tenders nor enter a job position at a governmental organization.
    Among a couple others but the list is quite long. Oh, and if you don't vote and don't go excuse your absence for 3 elections you loose your voter registration, and it's quite the bureaucratic nightmare to get it back.