In Poland we can’t even trust the police to be responsible for their own safety (a officer used a grande launcher in his office), or even the millitary to handle logistics (landmines got delivered to ikea)
The most common justification for taxes on tabacoo products is that they’re bad for the health of the general public, and the same goes for e-smoking.
This is only semi-related but I dislike e-smoking more than cigs, mainly cuz people that vape seem to think nobody is bothered by it and sometimes just straight up do it in public buildings, smokers atleast are selfaware and at the very least step away from people when they need a puff from the good’ol cancer stick
Governments get to decide what speech is illegal these days, and do so to push their agenda.
That has always been the case, pick any time in any goverment and you will find that. That’s just how goverments work.
things that the far left don’t like so call “far right hate speech” to censor it and push their desired narrative
Please, do tell, where is this place that has a ‘far left’ with enough power to that? Not germany, CDU is in power right now and they are center-right, left-wing (but not far-left) Die Linke has got around 8-9% of votes in the last election. There is not a single european country that has a far-left party in power. The biggest far-left organisation in my area is food-not-bombs (pl. jedzenie zamiast bomb) but I think they would have a hard time trying to censor anything, considering that the only thing they do is give meals for people in need.
common Starmer L
I remember hearing the officier in question ‘thought it was a blutooth speaker’ but it might have been just a rumor or I’m remembering wrong (I hope so atleast)