I’m confused because I thought the whole developed world (with the exception of the US and Canada) scrapped birthright citizenship decades ago.

What about mainland France? Does this rule cause Mayotte to deviate from mainland France, or align with it?

Is that something like Google Glasses? I doubt they would care because in an augmented reality you’re still looking up at people and making eye contact, no? In which case this region will likely sell a lot of those.

Consider that it’s a legal obligation for Belgians to vote in elections, punishable by fines. Even though that would be easily enforceable, the Belgians are hardly enforcing it. Yet Belgium still has the highest voter turnout in the world (87%).

The reason: some cultures have a strong tendency to respect some laws regardless of the threat of enforcement as the law sets a standard for respectable behavior and civic duty.

A majority of people might obey this law a majority of the time simply because they would rather not be seen as a pest.

My first thought: what about navigation? From the article:

Those who might check their phone’s map when lost are instead being encouraged to ask for directions.

Yikes. I wonder if car drivers are allowed to use their built-in satnavs while cyclists are prohibited from using OpenStreetMaps strapped to their forearm.

I would agree a lot of smartphone use is poor etiquette, but whenever I ask someone for directions they pull out their smartphone to help answer the question. My French is dysfunctional so I would be fucked in that area.

Thanks!

From the article:

While tech giants like Google owner Alphabet Inc., Meta Platforms Inc., Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. and Netflix Inc. may have battalions of employees hostile to Trump and his fellow Republicans, Trump considers the companies born-and-bred in the US, and consequently would like to protect them, said former Trump aides.

That’s a quite unrealistic take. Trump is extremely emotional and vindictive. If someone or some group goes against him, they are on his shit-list for revenge. If a state votes for Trump’s political opponent, that whole state is on Trump’s shit-list.

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