[ExI] Who has a vote that counts?

[William Flynn Wallace]

So where are the N95 masks we proles can buy?  Limited to medical personnel
is all I can find.  spike, let's start making them and make a great big
pile of money.   bill w

On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 4:47 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> *From:* spike at rainier66.com <spike at rainier66.com>
> *Subject:* RE: [ExI] Who has a vote that counts?
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> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
> Of *William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
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> >…As far as I can tell, you are talking about the one thing I labeled as
> an assumption. I have no idea who if anyone, the bikers follow, and it
> has no relationship to my thinking…  BillW
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> >…Ja.  Many bikers, including me, wear a mask while riding.  The reason is
> because the dry wind and sun are hard on lips.  The mask helps…spike
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> I could focus that a bit.  Bikers and gun owners are two examples of
> groups who know their legal rights and they know law.  Both know that
> governments at all levels do not have the power to arbitrarily demand the
> citizens do something.
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> Governments in the US (states and local) have the authority to do some
> things conditionally.  If you earn money, you must file a tax return and
> pay tax on it.  If you are male and service age, you must register for the
> selective service, but that only applies to 18-25 year olds and only to men
> (no one has yet demanded a definition of the term “male” (but if a case
> ever came up, anyone could claim to be not a male (case dismissed (how
> could the prosecutor prove otherwise?  (Is the term male defined?
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> https://www.sss.gov/register/who-needs-to-register/
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> States require licenses to drive a car, governments require licenses to
> sell liquor and plenty of other activities, but all these are conditional
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> The state of California has a mask mandate which requires masks n public,
> but there is no actual fine or penalty if a prole fails to do it:
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> There is no legal structure at the national level to require and enforce
> masks.  The exception is to declare martial law, which the federal
> government has not done.
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> So… I say wear one if you think it will help.  Keep a greater distance if
> you think that is a better strategy.  Stay safe, keep others safe, do the
> right thing.  It isn’t complicated.
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