Erebus

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

[Erebus @hyperionca]

@Kridoc1 @Russiadestroyer @CombatSphere that man 'appears' to be completely defenseless and unarmed as well as severely wounded, killing him is most definitely a war crime

[Erebus @hyperionca]

@Kridoc1 @Russiadestroyer @CombatSphere Do you expect Ukrainians to risk their lives evacuating a wounded Russian from the middle of an open field?

Under the geneva convention if the find him, yes I believe they are supposed to take him prisoner and attempt to save his life.

[Erebus @hyperionca]

you are completely uneducated, it's absolutely a war crime:

Yes, it is generally a war crime if the person is clearly hors de combat (out of combat).⁠

Under the laws of war (international humanitarian law), specifically Article 41 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions (which reflects customary international law applicable in both international and non-international conflicts)

and the drone operator that did it can receive:

Under the War Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. § 2441):

A person who commits a covered war crime can be fined and/or imprisoned for life or any term of years.
If death results to the victim, the person is also subject to the death penalty

[Erebus @hyperionca]

Vishnu is a pagan pre-Christian god that has nothing to do with the Christian tradition:

The early Vedic religion (in which Vishnu first appears) belongs to the same wider Indo-European cultural and religious continuum that also produced the pre-Christian pagan religions of Europe and the ancient religions of Iran.
The shared base

Proto-Indo-European speakers spread from a homeland (most commonly placed in the Pontic-Caspian steppe) in multiple directions:

Westward and northward into Europe → giving rise to the Germanic, Celtic, Greek, Roman, Slavic, Baltic, etc. pagan traditions.
Southward into Iran → giving rise to the early Iranian religion that later developed into Zoroastrianism.
Further south/east into the Indian subcontinent → giving rise to the Vedic religion.

[Erebus @hyperionca]

@footyhan We don't celebrate Easter as a national holiday why would we celebrate another cultures religious holiday as a national holiday?

[Erebus @hyperionca]

@KagamineNi85584 @CombatSphere no nothing like this happened during WWII

[Erebus @hyperionca]

@marvelstanguy yes it's based on the same pagan beliefs europeans held before Christianity. the equivalent in european culture being -- midwinter or winter-solstice festivals

[Erebus @hyperionca]

@MLFootball I think he should have looked directly at the tatas in that low cut blouse and said nice fugin rack darling ...

[Erebus @hyperionca]

@KagamineNi85584 @CombatSphere this soldier is obviously severely wounded and unarmed, looks left on the battlefield with a water bottle, I would call this murder, a war crime:

[Erebus @hyperionca]

@jessepinkman_67 @Cyneca007 @MumukshuSavitri @Crystalgli25608 stop lying :
There are only three official national holidays in India:
Republic Day (26 January)
Independence Day (15 August)
Gandhi Jayanti (2 October)

a gazetted holiday does not have the equivalent in America and you know that ...

[Erebus @hyperionca]

@CBHeresy Really? 'Christians' 'sh*tting on Indians for engagement' I must have missed those ...

[Erebus @hyperionca]

@Russiadestroyer @CombatSphere bro don't lie, I wouldn't make the comment if I hadn't seen it

[Sensurround @ShamashAran]

I hear this argument CONSTANTLY, and it drives me absolutely nuts.

"You want to deport illegal aliens, but I don't see YOU picking vegetables, cleaning hotel rooms, or doing roofing work!"

Do you understand WHY Americans aren't lining up for these jobs? It's because employers have access to a large pool of cheap labor from people who have very little bargaining power.

This is basic economics. When employers can fill positions at low wages, there's less pressure to raise those wages or improve working conditions.

Before someone starts screaming about capitalism, let me explain something. Capitalism depends on competition. That includes employers competing for WORKERS.

If you can't find someone willing to pick vegetables for $10 an hour, perhaps you need to offer $15. Or $20. Or invest in automation. Or improve working conditions.

That's how a labor market is SUPPOSED to work.

I have similar objections to the H-1B visa system. When a worker's immigration status depends heavily on an employer, that employer has leverage that an ordinary American worker doesn't have to tolerate.

And that brings me to something else.

Would removing illegal labor cause prices to rise in some industries? Probably. Would every displaced job automatically go to an American? Of course not. working conditions when doing so might jeopardize their livelihoods or expose them to immigration enforcement.

That doesn't just hurt them. It can undermine bargaining power across the labor market.

Would removing illegal labor cause prices to rise in some industries? Probably. Would every displaced job automatically go to an American? Of course not.

But employers would have to adapt to a labor market in which they couldn't rely so heavily on workers with limited bargaining power.

If your business model depends on a permanent supply of cheap, vulnerable labor, perhaps the problem isn't that Americans refuse to work.

Perhaps the problem is your business model.

[Sara Ghorbani @d_white_rabbit]

They forced me into hijab at age 6 and forced me to wear it for the next 25 years till I left. They told me my whole life I’d go to hell and burn for an eternity if a man sees my hair and lusts after me even though I was a little girl. They told me I was worth half a man my whole life; I’d inherit half, my witness in court is half, my blood money is half, I’m half-brained. They told me if I dishonour my family, my father or grandfather or uncle or any man in my family would kill me to restore the family honour with no consequences to them whatsoever. They told me my father is my male guardian and gets to decide if I get an education or a job or even a lifesaving surgery. When I got married to a Muslim man, they told me now he was my male guardian and would get to make those decisions for me. They told me if I ever give birth to my own children, he would own them forever like my dad owned me. They told me I couldn’t divorce him even if he beat me to death or married 3 other women simultaneously. They’d chase me around and arrest me if my hijab wasn’t proper enough for decades. They imprisoned my uncle in solitary confinement for having unIslamic ideas. They told me they’d imprison me if I’d had unIslamic ideas. They murdered thousands upon thousands upon thousands people like me who had unIslamic ideas. They still tell me I was never a real Muslim and am not a real exMuslim now. They still call me a whore/ slut/ jendeh/ fahisha/ majoosi/ prostitute for speaking about my own experiences. They send me death threats quite frequently. They stalk me, harass me, threaten me, insult me (and my parents) to silence me.

Do you get the picture or do you want me to go on. Because I can go on.

[Zarathustrian @JustinHaubrich]

You Muslims nearly wiped out my religion. You desecrated the temples of Zoroastrianism. You raped our woman and forced my family to pay Jizya. You robbed my grandparents. Muslims genocided my people back in January. Every evil has been done to my family and my people in the name of Allah.

[Erebus @hyperionca]

@UziCryptoo wage earners, renters, home buyers, car buyers, tax payers everyone except rich people employing at slave wages ...

[Erebus @hyperionca]

Why single out Tesla, these are just some of the companies getting those tax breaks:
Tesla (large-scale U.S. cell and module production)
Panasonic (U.S. battery plants, historically partnered with Tesla)
LG Energy Solution (and its joint ventures with GM)
SK On (partnerships with Ford)
Samsung SDI (joint ventures with Stellantis and others)
General Motors (via Ultium Cells and related production)
Ford (via BlueOval SK and related battery operations)
Smaller or specialized producers of electrode active materials, critical minerals, and related components

[Freddy on 35mm @35mmAmerican]

Amazing Americans were able to landscape, install roofing, and pick vegetables for 200 years without mass immigration.