The wish wasn’t worded recursively.
nickwitha_k (he/him)
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nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•Elon Musk furious as 'big bomb' against Trump defused by Pam Bondi0·2 days agoConservative morality is generally based on one’s place in the hierarchy. They see him as a moral person for being higher in the hierarchy than them, actions don’t come into account.
nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgto World News@lemmy.world•Protests against surging mass-tourism in Mexico City end in vandalism, harassment of touristsEnglish0·2 days agoI would say that it is cowardice to demand that others risk their lives while enjoying relative safety. And anyone attempting to force another to risk their lives for any reason is attempting to rob others of their agency over the most fundamental thing that any human has right to: their life.
Maybe it’s nice sentiment for a healthy teenager or 20-something that isn’t responsible for anyone else’s well-being. However, is that reality doesn’t fit neatly into black and white; bravery and cowardice (and glory is just a lie that the rich and old tell the young and poor to get them to fight and die for them). Sometimes the braver and more just thing is to fulfill one’s responsibilities to their spouse, children, or dependents and ensure that they are able to live to help others. And other’s have had so much taken from them by a place that asking for them to also give their life is pure sadism.
Beyond that, not everyone is physically, mentally or socially equipped for warfare, which is a good thing because humanity also needs farmers, doctors, teachers, and other builders.
nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•Americans Fought Off This Awful Idea in Trump’s Bill [sale of public land]0·2 days agoIf, somehow, US democracy survives, it’s going to take generations to undo the damage. Noone alive today is likely to see life “as good” as even 2015, in the US.
nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgto World News@lemmy.world•Protests against surging mass-tourism in Mexico City end in vandalism, harassment of touristsEnglish0·2 days agoEveryone has one life to live. Most people younger than 60 have had next to no control over the US government through any phase of their lives - hard to rationalize this being “their own” mess. Telling these people that they must risk their lives, rather than seeking better ones is pretty ethically problematic.
And on the other side of the coin, that is the exact same rhetoric used by racists and xenophobes to argue against asylum seekers.
(Note: This really doesn’t apply to the tax-dodging shitheads who are avoiding paying for the societal benefits that they enjoy.)
nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•We can always hate him more0·5 days agoI think I read that somewhere…
nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•GOP lawmaker caught dumping Medicaid provider stock before megabill vote0·5 days agoUnfortunately, the gutting of USAID and foreign aid programs is projected to kill millions in the developing world.
nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•USAID cuts may lead to more than 14 million deaths globally, including 4.5 million children under 5 by 2030, researchers say0·6 days agoNow, either knock it off and get those nonvoters on our side
I honestly don’t believe that is possible. These are people who refused to oppose fascism in the least dangerous, lowest effort manner. I have no faith in them putting themselves in any actual danger to help, when they still do all manner of mental gymnastics to absolve themselves of any responsibility for their actions.
nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•USAID cuts may lead to more than 14 million deaths globally, including 4.5 million children under 5 by 2030, researchers say0·6 days agoThe other guy might not be mad but I am. Maybe when they accept responsibility for contributing to the millions that are going to die globally and the genocide ramping up domestically, we can talk. Until then, they’re just a step shy of collaborators, having refused to do the bare minimum to oppose fascism. There were only two possible outcomes in the general election:
- Fascism.
- Whoever the dems nominated
Pretending otherwise is just the fallacy of Denying the Correlative. There were no other options and abstaining only increased the chance of a fascist win.
nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•Biden’s climate law boosted red states. Their lawmakers are now gutting it.0·6 days agoThey have a lot of supporters in the Evangelical Doomsday Cult that actively seeks to destroy the world.
The people profiting don’t pay taxes.
nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•Mike Lee Tries to Sneak Public Land Sale Back Into 'Big, Ugly Bill' Ahead of Senate Vote0·11 days agoIndeed! Would be necessary to ensure that it walks a line that is not ableist, while still preventing obstructionists from having undemocratic power to kill legislation with a “nuh-uh”.
nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgto World News@lemmy.world•No criminal charges over British woman shot in US during holidayEnglish0·11 days agoDid Elon Musk shoot her while on a K binge?
nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•Mike Lee Tries to Sneak Public Land Sale Back Into 'Big, Ugly Bill' Ahead of Senate Vote0·11 days agoAnd the filibuster wouldn’t be as big of a deal if they were required to actually filibuster. For a while now, they’ve only needed to send an email stating that they were filibustering. This would also probably force some senators who have no business making laws that they won’t be alive to see the consequences of to retire. For example, there’s no way that McConnell has been physically capable of a filibuster for the last decade at least - he should be enjoying retirement (as much as one can wish him well), not enjoying causing harm to current and future generations.
nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•Supreme Court hands Trump major win, limits judges’ ability to block birthright citizenship order nationwide0·12 days agoThe judges who order and enforce the laws can’t just ignore the constitution. Birthright Citizenship is in the constitution.
Again, I’m really sorry to burst you bubble but do think that understanding the reality of our situation and tearing down the illusions is important.
- The Judicial is charged with interpreting the law and arbitrarion. Not enforcement. That’s on the Executive branch.
- The US Constitution has been increasingly ignored in both the Judicial and Executive branches since about the 60s. For example, the USSC invented “qualified immunity” in 1967 to allow the Executive branch to effectively ignite constitutional rights. Their fuckery means that “it literally says it in the US Constitution” is insufficient to show evidence harm from being deprived of constitutional rights. Effectively, an identical case must have been tried, which makes it nearly impossible (because of the circular dependency).
nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•Supreme Court hands Trump major win, limits judges’ ability to block birthright citizenship order nationwide0·12 days agoYou can’t make up some bullshit that is UNCONSTITUTIONAL and win in court.
Sadly, this is not exactly accurate. See:
- civil asset forfeiture (blatantly violates the literal wording and any good faith interpretation of the 4th and 6th Amendments)
- qualified immunity (was literally invented with no basis in existing law, violates the wording of the law as passed, which was maliciously transcribed to omit a clause explicitly banning immunity, and violates the 7th Amendment right to a jury trial for civil damages exceeding $20)
I’m not saying that there isn’t “something big” (though, these other things are pretty big).
Here’s some examples of things that I mentioned:
- Assassinations: There are a lot of examples to choose from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1920)
- Deindividuation: The psychological phenomenon where members of a group with high levels of anonymity lose sense of self and become increasingly likely to engage in anti-social, violent behavior https://www.britannica.com/topic/deindividuation and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deindividuation
- Use of makes to terrorize: Why not go to the right-wing OG terrorists https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan
They’re hiding their identities likely for several reasons:
- Some are almost certainly not even government employees.
- A fair number probably belong to known right-wing terrorist orgs.
- Some of them are “closeted” neo-nazis who don’t want people in their communities to know that they are neo-nazis.
- They fear retaliation for their blatantly illegal actions. Inaction by those with power to help is forcing the populace towards violence as the only means to justice. Also, underground resistance networks have historically conducted assassination of ranking members of occupation forces - they hope that this will protect them from the inevitable consequences of their actions if they succeed in holding onto power and unmaking the last vestiges of democracy.
- Concealing identity provides similar deniability for their heinous actions to that of firing squads and other executioners. This makes it easier for them to excuse their actions as “just following orders” (you know, the perennial nazi defense to avoid accepting responsibility for their own actions).
- Concealing their identity is part of the terrorism. If it’s not possible to know who these people are, they could be your neighbors, or schoolboard members, or even family. This uncertainty is intentional to try to keep the populace in fear of retaliation of exercising their Constitutional rights or resisting. (ie, if your neighbor is an ICE neo-nazi and you don’t know, they can inform on you to their superiors, if they see you leaving for/arriving from a protest).
nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgto politics @lemmy.world•Another case of ICE disappearing an American citizen0·13 days ago“Disappearing someone” goes back a ways. It’s more than kidnapping or abduction because it is an action taken by authoritarian regimes to not just kidnap someone but, generally make it nearly impossible to locate them, often with torture and/or murder and ensuring that the body isn’t found. The goal is to terrorize the populace by making dissidents and others in targeted populations disappear without a trace, effectively erasing them from their communities. This is coupled with tacit refusal of anyone in government that is supposed to help to get involved.
ICE is openly committing terrorist acts in the exact same way that the gestapo and stasi did.
Fake. This isn’t the War Thunder forums.