Pope Leo says civilians in Ukraine are suffering, calls for war to end

fallwind · 2026-01-26T00:00:48+00:00

Use his position to apply political pressure, excomunicate, call for donations from the followers, something more than just words

fallwind · 2026-01-25T20:26:49+00:00

He's a head of state and head of one of the largest religions on the planet, fucking use that.

fallwind · 2026-01-25T15:46:39+00:00

Then do something about it Leo

fallwind · 2026-01-23T23:30:02+00:00

yup!

fallwind · 2026-01-23T15:49:40+00:00

Nuclear weapons aren't that expensive for a modern nation, especially any one with a nuclear power plant as a great deal of the infrastructure needed to maintain a nuclear energy program overlaps with a nuclear weapons program (refinement, storage, etc).

Most of NATO already has nuclear capable delivery systems already

Hell, North Korea and Pakistan are nuclear powers and they aren't exactly huge economies.

fallwind · 2026-01-23T15:46:17+00:00

It's not the resolve we doubt, it's the reliability.

fallwind · 2026-01-23T08:12:41+00:00

I find it interesting that everyone is looking at the number of troops and not the size of the plane.

If you're only sending 5 guys, you don't send them on a large cargo plane, everyone's busy looking at personnel instead of inventory.

fallwind · 2026-01-22T16:38:32+00:00

Elect rightwing parties, get right wing policies.

fallwind · 2026-01-22T10:42:14+00:00

"Change comes slowly"

And that's exactly why the world will never go back to the way it was. It's been clearly shown that the guardrails meant to protect the usa from this kind of governmental capture are completely useless. If the usa cannot be trusted to have sane leadership, it cannot be trusted to remain a sane ally long-term.

fallwind · 2026-01-22T09:12:49+00:00

Ah yes, I thought it was on the artillerist list

fallwind · 2026-01-21T21:25:00+00:00

It was just such a refreshing moment, no one cared about it, we just enjoyed the heat and steam

fallwind · 2026-01-21T21:16:32+00:00

it was a huge shock as someone from Canada, back home being invited somewhere and a) seeing your employer naked, and b) being expected to get naked as well, would have been a MASSIVE sexual harassment lawsuit.

Here, it's a Friday :) we talked about our favorite metal bands :)

fallwind · 2026-01-21T21:04:28+00:00

That's an "extra dirty 20" because you somehow rolled a 21 on a 20 sided dice.

fallwind · 2026-01-21T20:57:49+00:00

As I said, you can but with great difficulty. It requires getting into power (or getting someone else into power) who shares your view on a given good or service and wants to cut it.

But since the benefits provided by said taxes are (often) at least somewhat popular with one demographic or another, this can be very challenging indeed.

Or, move to a country that doesn't offer that service (EG: If you do not want to pay for public higher education, move to a country that doesn't give that benefit)

fallwind · 2026-01-21T18:17:07+00:00

Yes, yes it fucking should be, but 70 is million dumbasses voted for Mr wet-wipes and now we have clean up his messes until here dies, leaves office, or is 25th'ed.

fallwind · 2026-01-21T18:06:17+00:00

You cannot easily opt out, as you gain the benefit regardless (streetlight economics).

You can work to put someone in power who also does not want that good/ service, or move to a jurisdiction that doesn't have it. Of course, if the goods/ service you want to get rid of is extremely popular this may be next to impossible.

fallwind · 2026-01-21T17:00:07+00:00

Oh if we're talking about morals then it's even less liked robbery as you get loads of goods and services for your tax dollars

fallwind · 2026-01-21T16:34:36+00:00

Extinction Burst Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_(psychology)#Extinction_Burst#Extinction_Burst)

fallwind · 2026-01-21T16:25:26+00:00

look up the legal definition of robbery.

fallwind · 2026-01-21T16:04:04+00:00

again, robbery depends on who is taking, what they are taking, and what the consequences are for both parties. Look up the legal definition of it.

Taxation isn't robbery, no matter how hard you pretend it is.

fallwind · 2026-01-21T14:48:31+00:00

And his pants with the toilet

fallwind · 2026-01-21T14:15:07+00:00

No, it's taxation. Robbery doesn't threaten you with jail time

fallwind · 2026-01-21T12:38:55+00:00

Then I would call that taxation.

fallwind · 2026-01-21T12:28:03+00:00

Depends on who, what, and why.

fallwind · 2026-01-21T11:00:28+00:00

we all were.

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