obinice

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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

To answer your question:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9qwez9zz7jo

The Insurrection Act of 1807 allows the president to use active-duty military personnel to perform law-enforcement duties inside the US.

Once invoked, troops could be tasked with a range of duties, from quelling civil unrest and enforcing court orders to arresting and detaining migrants.

Because the Insurrection Act was written in broad terms, with little specific guidance on how and when the powers can be used, it gives presidents wide latitude in deciding when to mobilise military personnel for domestic operations.

Time to bring in the army to oppress the citizenry. Hoo rah!

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Don't you think he looks tired?

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

gasp, they won't let him visit the guy that went through the death camp?

gasp

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 61 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Drone bombing? So, like, starting a war?

I'll be interested to see how that pans out. Another powerful Dictator recently invaded a much smaller weaker nation, and that didn't turn out how everyone expected, so...

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Given he's destroying his own country while the rest of us laugh at him, I expect the civil war will kick off eventually.

That's his plan though, much easier to reshape a democracy into an Empire during huge societal upheaval like that.

Just gotta keep giving himself more Emergency Powers until he can get it done.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Strange, what reason did the USA give for economically attacking all of their trading partners except Russia and Russia's close allies?

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How do you know what country we're in?

Are all nations helping Israel? That seems unlikely.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

The "undesirables" that saw the signs early enough to escape Germany before the real purges began were the smart, lucky ones.

We often forget about them, but I'm glad they got out. I'm happy to see similar lucky escapes happening today, though sadly I suspect for every person that's able to escape now, ten thousand will meet a dark end at the hands of US Blackshirts later :-(

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When they're struggling to eat two meals a day and threatened with homelessness, they'll work and job they're given, no matter how awful.

You think the parents of yesteryear wanted to send their kids off to the workhouses, when they knew an education would be better for them, and safer than the workshops?

They didn't have a choice, because that's how their society was structured.

The USA is regressing in many small ways that taken together gave a big impact, it's not crazy to think that they're reaching a point where many families will be forced to have their kids work to make ends meet.

The kids aren't privileged, they don't have a choice, that's the point. If they choose not to work because they're moody teens, then they'll starve. That won't happen.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

no no u don't understand, brexit will free us from the evil european foreigners grip allowing us to make good deals, some say the best deals, with medicine providers, saving the british people from the suffocating unelected brussels smothering that's causing all our problems!!!

we'll finally be rid of all the euro migrants coming over here with more qualifications than us, taking our highly paid jobs and providing valuable social services to the people. it's a disgrace and must be stopped!! blue passports!!!

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Probably the Americans.

Let's see if they bother to take any actual real action though, or if they just keep insisting there's nothing they can do.

I have a vested interest in them actually doing something positive about their situation, because in a few years if they don't, Europe and her allies will find itself in a World War, defending itself from Fascist USA aggression :-(

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