Plenty of us USians understand our system is in no way democratic...
I do. I get the "but they're just gonna buy drugs!" thing, let's be honest: I was gonna spend it on that, anyways.
If a 40 is what they need, right now, to numb the pain of existence, in this moment, why not?
So, the people of Taiwan, who largely support the current government there are all too stupid to not fall under the influence of the CIA?
Sounds racist af to me.... those dumb Taiwanese are incapable of knowing what they want, without a daddy state telling them what is good for them.
Ok, colonizer.
Ay least we agree, the people living in Taiwan do not believe they are a part of China then, correct?
I think the people living there disagree with you...
Slow, sure. But when they do, it's usually a very final punishment. Puts other oligarchs on notice.
Well, France declared only signatories can be arrested. Like Israel, who never signed into the ICC, I don't think Burma has, either.
Zulip has been around for a loooong time. It integrates well with Jitsi, and is fully self-hostable.
Not if the SCOTUS thinks it's an official.act of the presidency....
They leave those hellholes, to live in better places?
You describe the already present situation, on a global scale.
I'm waiting, and expecting, in about 10 to 15 years, blue states will start to limit immigration from those states, as the Federal government will have been neutered too much to stop it.
Those cops will kill you, armed or not. Less likely, if armed.
For example, see: DFW John Brown Gun Club shutting down cops who were looking to de-home a house less camp, by being armed and present.
or re-elect the guy whose last AG was 100% against any reform attempts and actively prosecuted offenders.
Um.... Harris jailed loads of people, and opposed reform efforts too. For weed.
Giving away arms to a genocide isn't... budgeted.
What line item(s) can you point to for "Palestinian Genocide Budget"?
There's literally a law on the books that says he MUST stop arms transfers to Israel, since the UN has declared an ongoing genocide.