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/u/outwrangle before everything went to shit in 2020, /u/emma_lazarus for a while after that, now I’m all queermunist!

  • What's it going to take to truly stop the US?

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  • That's a no, isn't it?

  • What's it going to take to truly stop the US?

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  • Have you actually read anything that wasn't assigned in school?

  • for those astonished that libs are for the invasion: “Masses, Elites, and Rebels”

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  • Westerners understand extreme basics, which does distort the bigger picture. It's really easy to understand a war for oil, it's a little more complicated to understand war as an economic engine for the military-industrial complex, but you'll start losing them when it gets more complicated: domino theory and Monroe doctrine and underdevelopment and imperialism etc etc.

  • [Discussion] Former Democratic Socialists who were knee deep in anti-communist propaganda, what made you break out of it?

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  • Zero COVID

    The idyllic social democratic countries I thought were better still marched the workers off to their deaths. China didn't.

  • This is Bullshit!

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  • The "artwork" is literally giant text that spells AI. "The architects of" is a thin font off in the corner. AI is the main event.

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    Trump says US has "captured" Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife in "large scale strike" - latest

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  • I'm 60/40 thinking Trump is going to win here, because there's no one to actually oppose him. In other cases where he's tied up in court it's because there's political opposition. Who opposes this? A few progressives? It's almost a bipartisan consensus.

  • This is Bullshit!

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  • It's more of a branding thing I guess. It's not like the "award" is real, it's just "this is what the ruling class likes this year"

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    Trump says US has "captured" Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife in "large scale strike" - latest

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  • They can also fast-track cases from the lower courts to accelerate them to the Supreme Court, and have done so. Another trick they have is to make an interim ruling without issuing a majority opinion through the so-called "shadow docket". Then they can have the whole trial while the circus in the lower courts plays itself out. He could be in prison for years before they rule it unconstitutional.

    Assuming Trump doesn't push for public execution.

  • Why are Christians so full of themselves?

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  • God cursed dogwood to have crooked branches so that it'd never be suitable for crucifixion again, but also, gave it beautiful leaves that would bloom for Easter. I'm not entirely sure why being unsuitable for crucifixion is a curse, I guess they think the tree is humiliated? I'd be pretty happy with my reward of being an ornamental shrub tbh

  • This is Bullshit!

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  • In tiny font compared to everything else. It's clear AI is the person of the year.

    Although "the architects of subprime mortgages" would have been a funny person of the year too.

  • This is Bullshit!

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  • AI isn't people.

    Imagine if they said that subprime credit swaps were the person of the year in 2006.

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    Trump says US has "captured" Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife in "large scale strike" - latest

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  • The lower courts can meaningfully delay Trump, but that lasts until it reaches the Supreme Court. The rigged 6-3 fascist Court almost always either rules in his favor, or delays an official ruling to let him get away with whatever he's doing.

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    Trump says US has "captured" Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife in "large scale strike" - latest

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  • Trump has shown a tendency to just ignore procedure and just do whatever he wants. The only reason he wouldn't be able to do that is if he was opposed, but who is going to oppose it? There's a few Democrats, but not even a majority of the electeds. I doubt there's a single Republican that'd oppose. Would the Supreme Court stop him?

    I think he can make this as big and stupid as he wants, and unless the masses protest against it he'll get away with it.

  • How was the USA able to take down the president of Venezuela and his wife so easily?

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  • Oh wow, he snuck that one in right as he was leaving office, probably knowing people (like me) would see that the first bounty was issued the second week of January and just assume Trump was already president.

    But, yeah, they've been angling for regime change in Venezuela since 2002. I thought they'd just assassinate him, though.

  • fellowship of the, uh... what?

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  • The JDPON of the Ring.

  • Trump Accuses Colombian President of 'Making Cocaine,' Urges Him to Watch Out

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  • Unlike Vietnam, there are millions of people in the US that are either from or that have close family in Latin America. That's why they spent the last year trying to deport and terrorize migrants, why they want to go after naturalized citizens, why they talk about going after "home growns" after they've finished rounding up the migrants, etc etc. It's all laying the groundwork for this next stage.

    We'll see how well it works. I think they're moving too fast and it's going to blow up in their faces.

  • Maybe Im Missing Something, But What Does Kidnapping Maduro Accomplish?

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  • They don't have to take down the government to hinder national development, they merely need instability and internal conflict.

    This is a weird way of going about it, but that might come down to Trump's idiosyncrasies. Trump probably thinks he can have a reality TV show trial where he'll get to yell "You're fired!" when they execute Maduro on the electric chair or something fucking stupid.

  • Adventure time

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  • That's kind of how settler colonialism works. The state deputizes settlers to act as shock troopers and occupiers, but they're not necessarily state-level actors following orders. They're mostly independent and kept at a bit of distance for propaganda purposes, but when the natives strike back the army can come in and protect the settlers while pretending their actions are defending civilians.

    That's half the point of the 2nd Amendment - the other half being a concession to slave owners that needed guns to maintain order.

  • Maybe Im Missing Something, But What Does Kidnapping Maduro Accomplish?

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  • Removing heads of state is a factor of underdevelopment? It doesn't have to destroy the government, just weaken it.

    What's interesting is they went for a kidnapping instead of an assassination, but it's otherwise the same playbook.

  • News @lemmy.world
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    Biden considering executive action to close southern border, sources say

    www.cnn.com /2024/02/21/politics/biden-considering-executive-action-to-close-southern-border-sources-say/index.html
  • World News @lemmy.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    Israel orders more Gazans to flee, bombs areas where it sends them

    www.reuters.com /world/middle-east/israel-says-ground-forces-operating-across-gaza-strip-offensive-builds-2023-12-04/
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    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    ‘All men 16 years and above, raise your hands’: how al-Shifa raid unfolded

    www.theguardian.com /world/2023/nov/15/all-men-16-years-and-above-raise-your-hands-how-al-shifa-raid-unfolded
  • Ask Lemmygrad @lemmygrad.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    A recent argument forced me to see that "genocide" has been turned into an imprecise word, and I don't know what to do about that?

    www.un.org /en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml
  • World News @lemmy.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    Did Israel bomb a civilian evacuation route in Gaza? | Financial Times

    www.ft.com /content/95c5fcf1-c756-415f-85b8-1e4bbff24736
  • United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on How She’s Changed - The New York Times

    ghostarchive.org /archive/c8b8b
  • Firefox @lemmy.ml
    queermunist she/her @lemmy.ml

    What the hell is this horror show shit that keeps showing up in Pocket?