minnow

@minnow@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At this point, what should we do about the ICE raids? If an ICE agent breaks in without a warrant or holds you at gunpoint, what do you do?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re the person being arrested, your opinions are to surrender or fight and how they only beat you within an inch of your life without actually killing you (with the understanding that the chances of them killing you are increasing every day). Unless you manager to use legal force against them in which case you are 100% dead.

  Community defense is when OTHER people come to rescue you, typically using nonviolent methods to harass and inhibit the agents until they give up and leave. Of course, the chances that agents will just kill them are increasing every day, too. Either way, once you’ve been targeted you’ll likely need to go into hiding, and engaging legal council is probably a good idea even if you’re a citizen.

  I don’t think this is pessimistic or nihilistic. I feel like it’s a pretty accurate assessment of the likely possibilities. I’m open to hearing other interpretations, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shut up science!!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, those two things aren’t mutually exclusive. I can believe the science AND ALSO engage in behaviors it says are unhealthy for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maybe it's just a human thing.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For the asshole, I would have gone with Dawkins

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The memes, they write themselves.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Approving the post and then locking it before anyone could comment would be a hilarious and fitting way to answer the question!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why would America declaring cartels terrorist organizations be a problem for Mexico?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a lot of good answers already but I want to add that this changes the situation for any Hispanic people swept up by ICE. If officials feel like they can connect a person to the cartels in any way whatsoever, that individual can now be accused of being a terrorist. This changes the legal process they face, and that’s not good news for them. It’ll be easier to send the person to Gitmo. It’ll be harder to fight for that person’s freedom. They’ll likely be tortured, and anything they say can be used as pretense for further aggression by the Trump administration, both domestically and foreign.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People say that about the rich in America too. “Don’t tax them, they’ll leave and take all their money with them!”

  But I dunno, maybe we shouldn’t let people get so rich we’re terrified of them leaving with their money? Just a passing thought…

  But also I call bullshit. Doing business in America is, for the foreseeable future, profitable. The rich aren’t going to leave because they’re making less profit as long as “less profit” is more than “how much profit will I have if I leave”

  Of course, now that they’ve completely captured the US government, the conversation is kind of moot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Electoral politics doesn't get the job done⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A strike that has a scheduled end date is a strike that’s has scheduled its own failure. A ten day strike would achieve nothing except the suffering of it’s participants.

  Yes, the economy would grind to a halt, yes people would likely die, yes it would financially hurt the powerful people in charge.

  But do you really think those powerful people will give a shit? They know after ten days the gravy train will resume, but only for them and not the people who lost their jobs, got arrested, were injured, etc. The rich and powerful can afford to be patient, meanwhile everyone who sacrificed for ten days is going to have to question whether they can survive doing it again.

  No, we’re way past the point where our society can afford another failed effort to affect change. We need a general strike that doesn’t end until the government capitulates to the needs of the people. It’s all or nothing, now. ☹️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me too, thanks.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not me!

  I cry in the shower at night after work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Initially he thought it would be a great video⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I prefer the Ojibwe plural “moozag”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Carcinisation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice pun, I think you railed it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Radicals ruin everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California law would give employees the 'right to disconnect' during nonworking hours⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  IMO you should report the things to the labor board and let them decide. You never know what you might be missing with your own read through of the rules.