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[–] [email protected] 140 points 7 months ago (6 children)

From the article ...

“Without these standards of decency and morality, this planet may rapidly descend into anarchy, never-ending wars, and barbarism.”

AKA, "the center will not hold".

I want to live in the alternate timeline, with President Sanders.

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Sanders is doing right now, exactly the right thing. Its the thing Biden should be doing but is seemingly incapable of. Its being on the right side of history as history is happening and not accepting some fatalistic inevitability about the future.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

not accepting some fatalistic inevitability about the future.

He is describing an inevitability; Socialism or Barbarism.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

Considering what's happening around us currently, I've started believing that it's actually barbarism until socialism.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Heard on the news today that Biden said that it is not genocide in Gaza. He really wants to lose I guess.

I voted, donated, and knocked on doors for Sanders. He should be our president not the fucking lesser evil Biden.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Oh man. If the TV news said its not a genocide, it must not be! Right?

Bidens a fucking disgrace.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm still going to vote for Biden. He is wrong on the Gaza situation, though has made strides elsewhere.

Unfortunately it is also either him or possibly THE Idiot Savant. Would prefer ol' Bernie, even today.

Literally today.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I voted for Biden once I will do again to keep Trump out. But after that I am done. Either progressive take control of the party by 2028 our this country can burn for all I care. Done with this bullshit.

Wake me up when we are ready to riot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Honestly? I agree. Biden will give us a few years to get our shit together. Though I hope there will be people who are able to pull others together for that exact reason.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (6 children)

He’d be rounding out his second term right now. He was clearly up to the task. I hope he remains in the Senate until he passes. He’s an exceptional person, who should be treated as such, like RBG.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

He’s an exceptional person, who should be treated as such, like RBG.

The close friend of Scalia's who opposed worker's rights, indigenous rights, and held up the constitutionality of solitary confinement? The one who prioritized her ego over not giving Trump an extra SCOTUS pick?

I have my criticisms of Bernie, but I would never put him in that category.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I wasn’t aware of those votes. I’ll look into them. Thank you for pointing them out to me.

Her strong stance against gender and sexual orientation discrimination, and support for undocumented people as well as people with disabilities is why I mentioned her as an advocate for the people.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago

She also stayed on too long even when others were begging her to retire because Hillary Clinton wanted to pick her replacement. And then...

[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago (2 children)

We also wouldn’t be dealing with this trump circus. The DNC really fucked everyone over

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago

I wholeheartedly blame that election on Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

And they're doing it again right now but for some reason people lose their shit when you speak about it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

He’d be rounding out his second term right now. He was clearly up to the task. I hope he remains in the Senate until he passes.

I fear that if things get any worse, we'll have to "Weekend at Bernie's" him.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

There are worse ideas. I won’t tell if you don’t.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I hope he remains in the Senate until he passes.

I hope we get enough progressives in the Senate so that he can retire.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

67 + 2 in the event one dies and the another resigns?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I'd prefer if he leaned more heavily into supporting upcoming socialist politicians throughout his state to help lead the next generation of leftist politicians into power.

[–] xmunk 2 points 7 months ago

So do we all, so do we all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

We must continue his legacy...

https://youtu.be/ZlZaVtCT5HI

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (9 children)

How do you add some text automatically to the comments/posts? Or do you do it manually?

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago

I was very pleased to see the ICC interested in the arrests of both Netanyahu and Hamas leadership

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I wonder how much of Biden's outrage is because of support for Bibi, and how much of it is because the ICC could start issuing warrant for US presidents?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

The US already has a law in place that stipulates that the president can use all means necessary, including military action, to release any US personnel that have been arrested by the ICC.

They aren’t afraid that the ICC is going to issue a warrant for a US president. Because they can just park their aircraft carriers in the North Sea near The Hague beach and invade Dutch airspace. And what is the EU going to do in that case? US already has troops and equipment on EU soil.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago

While they can do so, that's a very effective way to permanently destroy relations between the EU and the US. The US will be unable to effectively project power onto both Europe and the Middle East once the military bases in Europe are closed down in the aftermath. It will be the US's biggest loss in soft power since its founding.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

ICC arrest warrants are not about actually detaining people, Bibi won't end up in the Hague either.

The point is isolation. If the US president would get convicted, they wouldn't be able to attend a G7 summit anymore for example.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The Netherlands could invoke NATO article 5, no?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

They certainly could try, but who do you think actually enforces NATO?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (4 children)

100% the former. Biden supported the ICC until it started going after his pal. Now he just gave Putin a propaganda freebie.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The U.S. has an infamous history of obstructing the ICC otherwise the previous 3 president's would be potentially facing war crimes charges.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

The US and Israel are rogue states. The same as we like accusing Russia, Iran, and North Korea of being.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The USA have a law that they have to send the military to Den Haag in case the ICC tries to prosecute any US Soldiers or officials: ASPA or the Hague Invasion Act.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I'm pretty sure the dutch government has laws making such an invasion illegal.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think everyone has laws making invasions illegal, that does not seem to mean anything to the attackers.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Sigh... Dragging this back out again.

https://youtu.be/moNHfeBJ81I

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