couldn’t have said it better
what does it say about our political system that our choices are “bigot funding genocides abroad and is for racism and systemic injustice at home” and “guy who does the same thing but isn’t as outwardly rude about it”
tumblr isn’t dead??
communism is when…
people use adblockers, apparently
it is 100% a dominance thing
fucking bunch of high schoolers these governments are
why do you think that the US in particular has the responsibility to directly get involved?
it’s not that; it’s that it’s the US doing it for a country halfway across the world, as if we’re actually going there to help instead of taking advantage of the situation because Russia’s involved
if we do go there, it’s not gonna be for aid
you might be surprised by how many people don’t understand this tho
that’s not the point; the point is to not have a single group dominate the site and to make it easier to avoid bad actors (bigots + fascists, because there’s a lot of that online) by just blocking the instance they live on
the “one single account” thing is a bonus, but definitely not the main reason for federation
tbf, that’s just microblogging in a nutshell
indeed I have seen him
glory be to Cindaquil
ah, that’s not surprising
really bad, but not surprising
yeah, but still, it’s the US doing this
after offering to give Ukraine fucking cluster bombs (and after decades of the US doing the same warcrime shit during every invasion they do), I have zero confidence that they’re not going to make the conflict so much worse
are they gonna get in trouble for doing it, even if the government finds out?
probably not, so it’s practically legal; and that’s kind of the only kind of legality that matters in this case
I mean, if one candidate is like “Hell yeah, let’s actually do more fascism” and another’s like “This is bad but we mustn’t get rowdy, our dignity will shame the others into doing the right thing” and others are in between those two
then voting won’t actually do anything
yeah, it really is a mystery
like if we really had to send weapons, there are so many more that exist that won’t cause unfathomably horrific damage that is so horrific that like nearly half of the fucking world considers them warcrimes
like it’s fucking horrid that Russia’s using them, but like what the hell is wrong with the US to think “hey, we’ll use it too”
(but then again, the US and Russia did refuse to sign the CCM)
fucking hell world
christ