Because the political machinery is captive to the ruling class.

Different topic but ewaste today is absolutely insane. People throw out working post-2015 “gaming laptops” - maybe a dead battery or something equally simple to fix.

“No expectation of privacy in public” is a legal doctrine. I do have an expectation of privacy in public. Stop filming me and shit, mind your own damn business.

The abolition of a state is an extremely different thing than the genocide of its inhabitants. Conflating them in this case is usually just an attempt to give legitimacy to something horrifically illegitimate and evil - accusing the people wanting to abolish it of wanting to commit genocide, when the state itself is actively committing genocide, now, and for the entirety of its history. It’s a genocidal state. If you’re anti-genocide, then you MUST support the state’s abolition.

Global fascist media has been fomenting a lynch mob a against random activist for the last decade. Here’s the result. That coupled with the absolute failure to recognize the nature of the evil she feels compelled to expose.

Can’t imagine how someone thinks this is even a good business move. “Israel” gov doesn’t need hobbyist grade quick deploy pipeline. A ton of the people who do will boycott.

Correcting the U.S. superiority complex by making them play by the same rules as everyone else seems wildly appropriate to me. And also doesn’t cater to any persecution fantasies.

No reason to exclude people, lots of reasons to not give them unilateral vetoes though. Or to not recognize illegitimate states beyond the people they supposedly represent. Hmm.

Crazy how this didn’t change even slightly between Biden and Trump. And here I thought they were polar opposites! /s

It’s a manipulative fallacy. Humanity has the total ability to control its destiny within what’s physically possible. People presenting two options and demanding a choice of one discount every possibly out of an infinite set of possibilities except those two.

See: horse image

Sorry, I really have a thing about not having endless circular arguments with some asshole who’s completely wrong and incapable of admitting it. Tbph you should relinquish your control of any community you mod because your faculties for judgment are just about nonexistent.

The absence of legal proceedings against someone for a crime does not mean they didn’t commit the crime. Are you serious?

In fact, show me which of the 5 definitions of Genocide Biden meets under article II of the UN charter.

Another red flag, you’re confusing the UN Charter with the UN Genocide Convention, which is what has an “Article II” that defines genocide. Imagine making these kinds of mistakes and posting publicly with the kind of confidence you have. What a dick.

Re: the UN Genocide Convention (not the UN Charter), if you bothered to read Article THREE, it outlines conspiracy to commit genocide as a crime independent of genocide itself, as well as direct and public incitement to commit genocide, and complicity in genocide. By any sane metric he’s guilty of multiple of these - even if we ignore the diplomatic, logistical, military, and economic support Biden gave to “Israel” for its genocide, he is also guilty of spreading genocidal incitement propaganda, namely atrocity propaganda about Oct. 7 meant to dehumanize Palestinians.

The ICC, by the way, does not enforce the UN Genocide Convention - rather, the ICJ, a different body, would issue a ruling, if a lawsuit was brought against a state party by another state party, and the UN Security Council - which the US has veto power over - would decide on any enforcement of that ruling.

Experts in international law, the ICC, correctly blame Israel, not Biden.

The link you put does not excuse Biden. Why lie?

Meanwhile, back in reality:

https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/amnesty-international-warns-of-u-s-complicity-in-war-crimes-in-gaza/

https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/rights-lawyers-release-legal-analysis-us-complicity-israel-s

The reason I say “naive” is that Biden persists in this mentality that Israel is just some poor victim surrounded by hostile Arab states and Israel hasn’t been a legit victim since… what? The 1972 Olympics?

Please study the Nakba, you’re not just embarrassing yourself but whitewashing a history of genocide.

“Naive and outdated” that’s one way to describe sending $30B in arms to a genocide. Others would call it “complicity in genocide”. Like, experts in international law.

Been on lemmy.world for the last month or so you guys, I fucking hate it. Arguing with "we had to vote for Harris"ers until some vigilante mod decides my angry response to their support for genocide isn’t “civil” enough.