tocopherol

joined 2 years ago
[–] tocopherol 1 points 22 minutes ago

"Improper entry" through illegally crossing a border is a crime, but the majority of undocumented immigrants in the US don't enter that way. "Unlawful presence" after a visa expires or is denied receives civil penalties rather than criminal, meaning they can't lead to imprisonment but only fines or a court action like deportation.

[–] tocopherol 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Yeah people agree the famine in China was bad too. Even Mao and other officials in China agreed there were mistakes and made changes afterwards. Are you aware China experienced devastating famines on average of once a century for the previous 2000 years before that? There hasn't been a famine since then.

[–] tocopherol 1 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Most estimates range from 15-30 million. A smaller proportion of the population than the Irish potato famine which was caused by British mismanagement but I don't hear that talked about as a reason why capitalism is terrible much.

[–] tocopherol 1 points 9 hours ago

In what way is that what Marxism is about? And anyway there have been a lot of developments in socialist theory since Marx. What implications of the phrase "late-stage capitalism" are you referring to?

[–] tocopherol 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I've always been anti-capitalist but in a Big Sean song he said "money is the greatest drug" and I hadn't really thought about it that simply, they really are just addicted to wealth and it warps the brain. The dynastic capitalist families have encouraged this delusion for generations, further entrenching their alternate worldview.

[–] tocopherol 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Actually it's a civil offense akin to a parking ticket which is separate from criminal charges.

[–] tocopherol 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You call yourself freedomadvocate yet you advocate for the destruction of freedom, interesting.

[–] tocopherol 0 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Do you have a source for that number other than a CIA funded think-tank?

[–] tocopherol 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They already do say "Death to Arabs" in Israel and use all sorts of logic to justify their atrocities. And death to an ethnic group is a bit different than calling for the death of a terrorist organization.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_genocide

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza against the Palestinians during its ongoing invasion and bombing of the Gaza Strip as part of the Gaza war.[39][40][41] The acts of genocide described by experts and human rights organisations include large-scale killing, use of starvation as a weapon of war, destruction of civilian infrastructure, attacks on healthcare workers, and forced displacement. Various observers, including United Nations experts,[42] the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese,[43] and Human Rights Watch have cited statements by senior Israeli officials that may indicate an "intent to destroy" Gaza's population in whole or in part, a necessary condition for the legal threshold of genocide to be met.[42][44][45]

As I said there is widespread agreement that Israel is commiting a genocide against the people in Gaza. There is no way for all people to agree on one objective reality or truth, but most people can see and agree that Israel is committing genocide and must be stopped.

If you disagree with that view of reality, you may as well argue with me that there is no moon or the stars are a projection.

[–] tocopherol 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Not my truth, the objective reality that can easily be seen of daily massacres of Gazans. No position was abandoned, it is both the relative and objective moral position to fight against the IDF and Zionism in general. And currently that requires violence as they are in a state of war and will kill those that oppose them. "DEATH TO THE IDF" is like a warcry, it's not supposed to be a rhetorical position, it's a call to inspire and motivate the resistance against Zionism and genocide.

[–] tocopherol 2 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I'm sure they would, why should I care? They will make any justification to further their genocide. People paying attention can see the truth. That is the point, you can say anything to justify actions but there is an objective reality. And in that reality, it is an act of kindness to fight the IDF.

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Release the hostages (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 

From LA, couldn't find a source.

 

Euro-Med Monitor’s field team documented Israeli forces opening fire on thousands of civilians gathered at dawn today, Sunday, 1 June 2025, in Tel al-Sultan, Rafah, near an aid distribution centre established by the Israeli army. Preliminary data indicate that the attack killed at least 31 civilians, including two women, and injured more than 200 others. Several remain missing.

Eyewitnesses interviewed by Euro-Med Monitor reported that the US-backed organisation brings only limited quantities of aid while directing tens of thousands of Palestinians to a high-risk distribution area, where Israeli forces open fire with live ammunition and tank shells. Those who survive and reach the site often find the aid insufficient, forcing desperate competition over the scarce supplies.

 

“Every single signatory to this letter treated children in Gaza who suffered violence that must have been deliberately directed at them. Specifically, every one of us on a daily basis treated pre-teen children who were shot in the head.”

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Is hex down?? (self.chat)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by tocopherol to c/[email protected]
 

I can't load it, only from this instance can I see the posts and no images. Did the Biden-Harris mafia finally take it down?

 

I love imagining these birds having friends online they can call up whenever haha. Pet birds suffer from loneliness very often so this is fun to see.

 

From 1979 album Product, featuring sick drumming by Phil Collins

 

We're learning from CHINA

 

I find myself reading more than ever, but just so I can make sure my jokes are good enough, the comedy here is unparalleled

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Boscoe - We Ain't Free (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by tocopherol to c/[email protected]
 

Unfortunately not the best quality out there of this, if you're a fan I recommend looking for the whole album(1973). I can't recall where I downloaded it is but it is available somewhere with the right search

 

I can't stop listening to this, sorry if this is well known

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by tocopherol to c/[email protected]
 

Sorry if this isn't the best place for this question, I browse from lemmy.dbzer0 on firefox and am subscribed to a number of hexbear instances, but there seems to be some that just won't show up from my instance for some reason? In particular [email protected], for whatever reason if I search it just will not show up, other hexbear instances show up fine though. I'm not sure which might not appear other than literature.

Does anyone know if this is caused by my client, my instance, or the literature community limiting it's visibility? I'm a bit new to how the fediverse infrastructure functions.

**EDIT: Thank you for the help y'all, I still haven't got to it lol, I might try FumpyAer's suggestion and maybe it will help others that might have this issue.

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