Counterpoint: Syria. Also if it gets to that point a significant chunk of the military would instantly defect, so yeah. But let’s not jump the gun; for now this is still police and not particularly aligned semi-military forces. The national guard certainly shouldn’t be provoked for now, but ICE should be fought whenever and wherever they try to kidnap someone. If the resistance doesn’t protect its own members and their communities from ICE, it simply cannot survive.

Always remember that the USSR was ILLEGALLY DISSOLVED

Wait do they actually say that? Didn’t the USSR constitution explicitly state that member “republics” had the right to secede from the Union?

The Party of the Proletariat™ won power democratically* in the All-Russian Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies once so they’re the legitimate government of the glorious Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until the end of time! Blyat you you fake socialist bourgeoisie reactionary!

*Terms and conditions apply.

Soviet Citizens were able to vote for representatives to represent them in the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, which was the legislative arm of the Soviet Union. The elections in the Soviet Union would be held every 4 years for the citizens to go to the polling station and vote for a single candidate. These candidates who were going to be elected for 4 years were approved by the Communist Party themselves and were the only option on the ballot.

Lol. Lmao even.

You should probably mention that this is an article from 7 months ago.

If they resort to lethal force, it must not be responded to with violent resistance they expect.

Then what else? Because in such a situation you only have fight or flight.

That… is not a good sign.

“purposefully inflammatory”

Uh… this goes a bit beyond “inflammatory” chief.

Bass said in a statement Saturday night. “Everyone has the right to peacefully protest, but let me be clear: violence and destruction are unacceptable, and those responsible will be held accountable.”

Well at least he got the stuff about feckless Democrats right.

Police on Friday night issued a citywide tactical alert nearly two hours after declaring protests across the downtown area unlawful assemblies. “The use of less lethal munitions has been authorized by the Incident Commander,”

I mean ACAB so this isn’t new, but still holy authoritarianism batman.

Newsom said in a statement responding to Huerta’s arrest, describing the union president as a “respected leader, a patriot and an advocate for working people.”

I’d like that sentiment to carry over to, you know, actual policy, but I guess he’s not folding like a lawn chair yet.

Like, what are the benefits of this style of social media,

The fact that you can choose your instance, and therefore the moderation policy of your instance. If you think your instance admins are too power trippy, too ban-happy, not ban-happy enough, lean too much into censorship, don’t lean enough into censorship, don’t censor the right people, censor the wrong people, etc you can find an instance modded by like-minded people rather than have to accept it if your instance is suddenly run by Spez. I personally have a couple of instances I would’ve hated to be on, so it’s good to have options.

But in a way, couldnt he buy the most population Instances like Lemmy.World?

Only if the admins agree to that, since they’re not running a public company. And even if they did, people can just jump ship.

There is no deescalation.

Nor can there be deescalation with fascists. Trump is looking for a fight, but fundamentally there can be no way to stop him but a fight. Something something they came for the immigrants, and I ____ (fill in the blank).

Gaining just a teensy tiny bit of faith in Americans, though I’m still flabbergasted that it took this long before non-cybertruck cars started burning.

Because they’re tankies.

Fighting on the front line of the global war on terror.

How is the phrase “war on terror” not an instant career ender? Also what the heck are these answers? Does none of these guys want to go to, I dunno, Paris or something?

Did I mention they have massive tariffs on foreign rice specifically so it doesn’t outcompete more expensive Japanese rice?

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Setting aside the rice shortage, the Japanese government has laws in place to keep rice prices high for… I have no idea why. A big part of the shortage is that blowing up in their faces.

Definitely fucking sick, but “fucking sick” is no way to run a society. The problem with child porn is that it can only be made by sexually abusing children, so without that factor you have to ask: Does AI generated child porn embolden or mollify pedophiles? Rigorous scientific research is necessary to produce an answer to that question, not kneejerk reactions.

Wow, that must’ve taken guts.

If there was any doubt as to the true purpose of the ICEtapo.

جبنة/gebna (Arabic, will vary by dialect).