Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Not yet, but it might be illegal because they're charging for a show without being licensed, or a myriad of other reasons. There have always been narcs, though. The kids may find @notpolice funny because of their experiences online, but in the 90s I ran into that guy a lot on the street.



"it might be illegal because they're charging for a show without being licensed, or a myriad of other reasons"

That's exactly what's the "worse than USSR" part is about.


What I'm saying is if that makes the US worse than the USSR, then the US was always worse than the USSR. If the legality of urban house shows is your key metric for freedom, then maybe reconsider using the USSR as your baseline.


I highly value legality of doing anything not immediately life threatening in my house because it's my last line of defense. Last line of privacy.

Even if you take the street, the workplace and the indoors away (by the means of tight and hostile control) your home is still your home. And if you gave up your home as a step one you will not have a place to fall back, a place to default to.

You can no longer say "Screw you guys I'm going home".

Now all your life depends on others (authorities) agreeing to let you do whatever you are doing, because you don't have one place where you are that authority.




Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: