No they also use fascist fear mongering about democracy as well (literally trying to claim aren’t a democracy and Trump openly saying he’d end elections)

No. Fascist WANT to be called pieces of shit. They WANT you to hate them. They can’t STAND being valued weird. That’s why it works. Fascist like being despised, it makes them feel powerful and important.

The reason for this is that homeschool advocacy groups are all far right grifters laundering money like PragerU and the HSLDF. The homeschool to alt-right pipeline is real.

JD Vance once again gets caught essentially saying he hates women? Colour me not surprised. I’m very surprised this man has children.

War crimes are explicitly not terrorism by definition. If you need a basic high school education though there’s hopefully a public school near you. This subject and topic is covered under civics.

Wars are by definition lawful. Sorry you’re wrong

It’s also not a twisted definition. It’s the literal dictionary definition that all countries use when defining terrorism.

And no, if war time acts were not lawful, all war is terrorism which it isn’t so again you’re wrong.

Israel can’t be called terrorism because terrorism must be—by definition—unlawful

the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

Emphasis mine.

“Hey so I know we’ve been doing a genocide but look, we’re being really nice when we bomb innocent civilians homes by letting them know we’re going to bomb their homes.”

This (a) doesn’t excuse literal genocide and (b) is just a “nicer” version of exactly the thing they’re appalled Hamas just did. You don’t get to cry foul if you’re going to retaliate with a tit for tat play.

They are terrorists. That’s literally what they are. The fact that attacked an evil fascist state’s city doesn’t change that.

Except for when it’s very important to Russia.

Trade is not barter. And if it involved coinage or it isn’t barter. It’s a form of market economy.

Market Economy ≠ Barter

Where did I mention the 16th or 19th centuries? And mercantilism was 100% not a barter economy. It was a form of market economy controlled by the state… so I’m pretty sure it’s you who misunderstands what mercantilism is.

This “barter” economy as a primary means of exchange never existed. It’s a myth and a lie created by capitalists (actually by one Adam Smith) trying to rationalize the adoption of coinage and currency in ancient civilization.

In fact barter economies tend to arise predominantly in capitalism during periods of economic instability. Ie: after natural disasters, in war torn countries, etc.

The proper term you are looking for is “gift economy” and it is how the world worked before capitalism. I want something from you so you gift it to me with the implicit understanding that if in the future the roles are reversed I give something to you of relatively equal perceived value.

It was actually pretty rare that gifts were paid back in full in one transaction and often larger gifts were paid back through a series of transactions.

I currently speak German, Dutch, Japanese and am learning Italian… just in case (and I realised I really enjoy learning languages)

Could you maybe go over the process for how you got Italian citizenship? Trying to go through the process now with my fiancée and it’s… a lot (neither of us speaks Italian either).

Specifically, how did you go about requesting documents from Italy? How did you know which civil registry to request from? What if I can’t find the civil registry for the state her descendant is from?

This also ignores that since 2008 there has been a large exodus. Americans are leaving whenever they get the chance.

The drag story hour thing (and pretty much all other culture wars) are designed to keep people outraged at the people trying to fix the country so that the few at the top can continue to other the one’s trying to fix the problems. Cause enough outrage to your political rivals trying to end your honey pot. Keeps the ones who fall for it from seeing past the curtain and the ones you target from being trusted/gaining momentum.

It’s funny… I could’ve sworn I remember a guy from Austria doing something really similar sometime around 1937…

Yes you do. S20 Ultra, No Premium, I can PiP.

Also unfortunately: their video player fucking sucks.

You were allowed to say it. I’m allowed to remove it. Welcome to the world. Don’t like it? Leave.

But also: nobody in the world actually likes the idea of absolutist free speech. The founding fathers certainly didn’t believe in such an idea.