Not only that. Trump wants a war to call it his war. Like every US president needs one, the industrial military complex demands one. On top of that he’s a baboon who likes to brag about being the alphest male in the world.

i’m not against killing per se. you can kill in self defense for example and be excused. people can kill in a war or a revolution and be excused. in a perfect world, of course, people wouldn’t have reasons to kill. i think the line is drawn if 1) someone massively kills or acts sadistically for chauvinistic reasons (i. e. for being part of a group of persons, not being of the right ethnicity or because they believe in some sort of pseudoscience, like anti-vaxers) 2) are or were in a position of power or high leadership 3) are at risk of returning to positions of power even after arrest (for example, they can be rescued from prison in a coup d’état by its supporters, or being pardoned by political shifts).

the regular serial killer such as manson or ed gein were not in real positions of power and were not at risk of returning to such positions, and could therefore be jailed forever. himmler, heydrich, eichmann, king leopold ii, mobutu, suharto, pretty much every latin american, african, european or asian dictator deserved to be judged with penalties up to the death penalty, and even some “democratic” leaders such us some british prime ministers and french presidents. not to say that i’m only restricting to right, i believe stalin, ceaucescu, enver hoxha and to some extent even mao should be defendants in processes that could lead up to death penalty.

The fact that Xwitter became such an echo chamber and that people there really started to believe that they were the moral compasses of humanity made it gain the appropriate nickname, here in Brazil, of “Black (in the sense of rotten) Banana Institute”.

I’m all against death penalty in any form, except perhaps for some fascist leaderships. There are those who deserve to dance the Spandau ballet.

i like this answer. i like the lore, but i don’t like how people try to change and shape the world in a way that fits it.

i’ve seen things i cannot give a fully scientific explanation to why they happened, and i believe there are things that are not currently explainable by current science. however i don’t take the explanations currently given by most religious, esoteric and magick groups at face value, and more so in their vision of how a society is to be shaped.

As said, case by case situation. It’s an adult dating a minor, but sufficiently close in age to be waived, with several restrictions and close watch by all involved, especially family members.

i don’t think that cuba can be considered a dictatorship. not so much about venezuela but that’s none of my business - and for the record, not of the US too.

-flees to argentina

• argentina elects left wing peronist

suddenly we’re back again at the hannibal doctrine, albeit indirectly.

Columbia. I’m sure Colombia would welcome him with open arms.

the thing with brazil is that lula sort of got out of the ropes when he had no alternative but to defend his own government against an attack by the fascist and the traditional right wing opposition (the so called centrão, which has got nothing of center politics). he had some boost which allowed to defeat the proposal to pardon the 2023 putschists and approve the income tax exemption for those earning less than 12,200 usd per month. we’ll see the next months, but so far he got a boost and will likely win 2026, but more out of inertia from the opposition who doesn’t really know what to do with bolsonaro jailed, than because he’s doing a really good job (it isn’t).

https://promisedlandmuseum.org/albert-einstein-letter/

In 1948, the American Friends of the Fighters for the Freedom of Israel (AFFFI) (which represented the Stern Gang/LEHI) sought Einstein’s help in raising funds for their Jewish fighters. AFFFI Executive Director Shepard Rifkin explained in the letter below that when Stern Gang commander Benjamin Gepner asked him to reach out to Albert Einstein for the purposes of gaining propaganda and fundraising assistance, he responded: “Are you crazy? He is completely against violence!” Still, Rifkin wrote a letter to Albert Einstein asking for his help raising funds in America for arms.

it gets worse: he’s also remote. the asshole says that defending remote jobs is something that only a corrupt would do and yet is remote too.

she might personally be a nice person. the role of billionaire that she performs isn’t. again, it isn’t about personal morals.

these are inextricable characteristics of a society that grew to believe that “after what they did to us, we can do anything”. even becoming the monsters that once maimed them. and just as it once happened to others, they might need a shock to snap back to fear of retribution, i’m not even mentioning human decency.

we don’t need billion dollar startups just to begin with.

Well, everything that isn’t Federation is a mess. In fact, if you think, the Federation screwed up with each and every major power in almost all quadrants of the galaxy. Plus, people said in this thread that redshirts are probably expandable due to earth’s overpopulation. Add that to colonies being attacked all the time and voilà.

Star Trek is a dystopia, even though I like it.

Tbh Dawkins would be marching with the far right today.