FireTower

@FireTower@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that in the US, denaturalization, the process of revoking a person's citizenship, does not require proof "Beyond reasonable doubt"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  America and Americans broadly do not respect “international law” as an idea. We don’t vote for representatives in a UN House of Reps or UN Senate. And if we did why would we wish to be beholden to a majority rules vote when that majority combined might be inferior militarily.

  America tolerates international law when it doesn’t interfere with our course.

  The idea of a “one world government” is treated as a fringe tin hat conspiracy theory nonsense that no one is advocating for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't people going to college get HUD, Food Stamps, and free Medicare/Medicaid while enrolled? Instead of the parents footing the bill or the student working 3 jobs and school?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  College students can be eligible for SNAP & HUD.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a motion to dismiss not an answer. That’s how those work. It is linked to by the journalist in the article.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dude touch grass if someone wants to post cringe that’s on them but responding to every one of their comments is just harassment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm just like some ordinary dude upset about what the government is doing. Doesn't anyone with any sort of means or influence care? Where are those guys?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Re-read my comment above. They only have power which we vest in them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm just like some ordinary dude upset about what the government is doing. Doesn't anyone with any sort of means or influence care? Where are those guys?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How can they listen to the voters if the voters never speak to them. My comment was not on the DNC or RNC but on the core of all forms of representative democracies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm just like some ordinary dude upset about what the government is doing. Doesn't anyone with any sort of means or influence care? Where are those guys?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you know the name of the member of your state’s House of Representatives that represents your district? When was the last time you spoke to your federal representative? Do he/she not answer your calls because they have to many constituents? Talk to people in your neighborhood about the need for more representatives in the house.

  All sovereign power comes from the people. Read: you are that guy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gulf of Make a Report to Apple⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Shout out to the menial workers at Apple Maps who are going to have a crap day at work tomorrow because of the thing their boss made them do, so they don’t get fired and replaced by someone else who would do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple Maps now shows the Gulf of America⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with the sentiment on Gulf of Americas. But I think the singular (and referring to land of both continents) makes more sense. Firstly because it rolls off the tongue better. Secondly because the existence of the ‘North America’ and ‘South America’ both imply that those lands are parts of a larger body of land called America. North America being the Northern half of America. While South America presides in the Southern half.

  ‘America’ being the United States is only reinforced by the fact that the United States is the most significant nation in global politics East of the Pacific and West of the Atlantic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moderators banning/censoring people arent oppressors violating your rights; they are customer service representatives curating the space for their intended costomers. All this to say, I see Karen.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And if your aunt was a man, she’d be your uncle.

  If I create a community and it gets 1k members I’m not a businessman.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Costs of Louisiana Purchase vs Alaska Purchase⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Somewhere there’s an alt history timeline where Russia never sold Alaska and the USSR had possession of it during the Cold War.

  I think a lot of the value in hindsight is just getting another world power off of North America.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does the media print rags to riches stories?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The chances of that happening to the average person are close to zero.

  That’s the whole point. People don’t watch the news to hear “dog bites man” they watch it to hear “man bites dog”.

  No one wants to watch a 2-3 hr long movie about someone’s regular Tuesday at the office they want to watch something that doesn’t happen everyday like an adventure, the perfect couple meeting, or the world ending.