Doomsday31415
Doomsday31415 t1_iunu679 wrote
Reply to comment by CT_Jester in Brazil election: Bolsonaro supporters block roads after poll defeat by Xul-luX
Being a dying breed, conservatives have partnered with fascists to maintain power.
The consequences of that are readily apparent.
Doomsday31415 t1_itilj3x wrote
Reply to comment by xSciFix in ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel | Arkansas by Im__Bruce_Wayne__AMA
As far as the constitution is concerned, both fall squarely under the state's authority to regulate how businesses do business. There may be concerns about the state regulating international commerce, but that has nothing to do with the 1st amendment.
Also, the BLM example mentioned is a red herring. Keeping your doors open to a certain group is not "donating" to them.
Doomsday31415 t1_it9e7zl wrote
Reply to comment by GunpowderLad in ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel | Arkansas by Im__Bruce_Wayne__AMA
A point that apparently hasn't been made, since I've addressed each reply in turn.
Doomsday31415 t1_it9e2pw wrote
Reply to comment by PsychoEngineer in ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel | Arkansas by Im__Bruce_Wayne__AMA
The US military only provides equipment to movie studios that the US military approves of. All the others have to come up with all that equipment on their own, and are basically doomed to fail as a result.
Your "only this very specific narrow example" is a red herring that ignores that it's very common for the government to provide incentives (e.g. government contracts) for companies on condition of whatever the government wants.
Doomsday31415 t1_it8dx3i wrote
Reply to comment by PsychoEngineer in ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel | Arkansas by Im__Bruce_Wayne__AMA
Governments set requirements for corporations to do business with them all the time. This isn't that strange.
Doomsday31415 t1_it87isd wrote
Reply to comment by PsychoEngineer in ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel | Arkansas by Im__Bruce_Wayne__AMA
The 20% penalty is to do business with the government without meeting their requirements, not to operate in the state.
Doomsday31415 t1_it87986 wrote
Reply to comment by fatcIemenza in ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel | Arkansas by Im__Bruce_Wayne__AMA
This isn't actually uncommon.
The government decides its own guidelines on which businesses it will give subsidies and other funding to.
For example, California's vehicle MPG standards.
Doomsday31415 t1_it86x7c wrote
Reply to comment by NotConstantine in ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel | Arkansas by Im__Bruce_Wayne__AMA
Uh, no it's not. That's called sanctions. Various departments set "politically motivated" requirements for companies to do business with them all the time.
Doomsday31415 t1_iy7aabt wrote
Reply to Puerto Rican towns sue Big Oil under RICO alleging collusion on climate denial by d5ht
These oil companies should be forced to pay hundreds of trillions of dollars for the damage their disinformation campaigns have caused. At an estimated 1 trillion tons of excess CO2 and $600 per ton to remove it, $600,000,000,000,000 is the (current) cost to undo that just part of the damage.
Oh, they don't that much money? That's fine, we can just nationalize their asses instead.