[–] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

But anyone participates by paying taxes. Let’s add “willingly” to your comment.

Then I can only guess this argument leads to everyone, who might even be swayed by a protest sign, quitting- and instead holding protest signs?

I think both are required. What’s your answer if not internal opposition?

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  • [–] 0 points 2 days ago* (5 children)

    People that think the organization revolves around them are also narcissists. No. When they leave, the inevitable march will continue. The knowledge will be filled- if not now- later, by more fascists.

    That’s effectively what this argument leads to. More fascists in the government.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    This is a matter of pure debate.

    The arguments rely on counterfactuals that cannot be proven because no one can know the outcomes under different U.S. policies. There is no control case to show that American pressure either saved lives or prolonged the war.

    E.g., there is no evidence an “all-out” campaign would have ended sooner, caused less damage or resulted in fewer casualties. The article even describes the Biden administration’s actions as unprecedented- which makes predictions about alternative outcomes strictly speculative, especially given Gaza’s condition of urban terrain, tunnel networks, hostages, and Hamas operating among civilians.

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    Explosions caused two bridges to collapse and derailed two trains in western Russia overnight, officials said Sunday, without saying what had caused the blasts. In one of the incidents, seven people were killed and dozens were injured. 

    The first bridge, in the Bryansk region on the border with Ukraine, collapsed on top of a passenger train on Saturday, causing the casualties. The train’s driver was among those killed, state-run Russian Railways said.

    Hours later, officials said a second train derailed when the bridge beneath it collapsed in the nearby Kursk region, which also borders Ukraine.

     

    I’m going to editorialize a bit here. The DoD was ready to fire every probationary employee today. An AF Lieutenant General came to tears yesterday breaking the news to staff. And this is not just first year employees as the media keeps pointing out- this changed this to two years in 2015 for the DoD. For many excepted employees, it actually takes three years to leave the probationary period. Doing rough math (3 years out of a 30 year career- that’s 10% of that particular population). It took “woke” CNN to point out the law that you can’t just fire ~6% of the workforce without first determining what will break.

    Too bad this wasn’t law for the IRS and other agencies.

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