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Oh yeah! The guy from Wizard of Oz!
2·1 year agoInteresting, guess they’ve split since I was younger. Wonder if the split has something to do with the politicians too, considering the political connections now.
But “18th Street” (translated) is and has already been a gang for a long time. Revolucionarios is just “revolutionaries” in Spanish.
Is this then an off shoot? Sub group?
I was wondering what it meant because FMLN is a party that came from revolutionaries, and they seem connected to the FMLN.
There’s some confusing wording in this article.
Why are they calling the “gang leaders” revolutionaries? Different things, especially in El Salvador. And Calle 18 has never really been tied to the revolutionaries. What makes it more confusing is they supposedly supported the FMLN.
For those who didn’t grow up in El Salvador or reading the news there, that party was started by former (surviving) revolutionaries of the Salvadorian civil war, and didn’t explode in popularity but rather climbed to popularity over the years. The reason many members left that party is because eventually they did win power (they were pretty popular with the older generation after all, since the many were pro-revolutionaries during the civil war - which btw, the USA meddled in of course to quell), but once they won power they didn’t improve infrastructure and education, and the head leadership proved to be pretty corrupt.
Bukele among others then gained power by using the anger people felt at the betrayal of FMLN.
My point is you should probably read this straight from El Faro, because I think some things are being slightly misreported or lost on translation through the telephone game.
If you’re also looking for a different native news source for other reportings btw, there’s La Prensa Gráfica, but I think they only do Spanish.
There is justice. Many just don’t want to administer it themselves, which is understandable.
4·2 years agoThis does sound extremely useful and good.
I’d say the only issues software like this have is there’s a lack of beginners guides to self hosting, so people either know too little and instantly have their server botted / hacked, or know enough to be too paranoid and afraid to set up their own server because they know of the risks.
As for me though, I’ll probably look into implementing this and play around with it for our DnD group first.
Explain more of this Jitsi, sounds interesting for my business
Yeah, that’s… The Democrats. In particular the leaders of the DNC.
They’re just standard liberal oligarchs instead of full on fascists
You had me until you said “moderate republicans”.
That’s just a standard Democrat like Pelosi.
6·2 years agoWhy do you think he wants to be right all the time?
Scrap probably has some value.
Alternatively, make money off a YouTube video of blowing it up
I don’t think it is. I’ve lived there, and I get it. And if you’re not paying taxes to the US government, you’re technically doing more against them than probably 90% of Americans are.
Oh yeah I already pulled a lever, but I pulled one many years ago by choosing to move to another country. And getting rid of my American citizenship (they charge taxes even if you don’t live there anymore).
This lever is now for Americans to pull.
That said, systemic assassination has been proven to be very effective at changing things in the past. Sometimes for the worst, sometimes for the better. That’s the gamble.
The issue is that such a tactic is really hard to pull off, because it needs to be focused more on those already in power rather than those who are power adjacent. Power adjacent people are best removed once power has been transferred.
Of course, this isn’t the only lever for people like you to pull. You can choose a peaceful option, like not paying taxes anymore, therefore not funding a fascist regime. Of course, regardless of your choice, the state will use some form of violence against you.
So no matter what, you’re choices are to risk your comfort, or to be complacent. Even something like leaving is sacrificing comfort. So, what will you choose, FlyingSquid? Or had you already chosen long ago, like I did?
I hate to admit it but damnit, they’re kinda right. At the core this really is a trolley problem. The whole point of the trolley problem is that it’s a moral dilemma.
It’s just feeling harder on y’all now, because now it’s more real. Sure right now it’s easier to not pull the lever, but if Trump and other oligarchs end up doing much worse things, would you regret not having pulled it?
The trolley problem was really always about revealing your values, and specifically if your morality chose the possible wellbeing of many over the few - even in tough situations. Because in real life, the choices aren’t usually “1 vs 3” random people, but something like “1 terrible, 1 innocent, and 8 bad people” vs “society at large”.
Arizona iced tea finally gonna cost a dollar
You could be a Scottie Pippen but most people still say “who?” compared to Michael Jordan.
But yeah, the data I posted showed it basically only gained 8 points going from Vice President to President because he already had a decent approval before the assassination.
There’s other historical examples to compare by, though none in the modern era, but Andrew Johnson didn’t get re-election and was even impeached.
Chester Arthur also didn’t win reelection. Although James Garfield didn’t exactly serve long 😅 but he was also really popular when he was elected.
Yes:
Seems Lyndon B Johnson already had a decent approval rating before being president, unlike Vance.
Hmmm, you’re right.
Seems like Johnson was more charismatic then Obama on second look I suppose
You have to think of it has fiefdoms.
Just because they are currently liege of King Trump, doesn’t mean that they don’t want to have power themselves. If given a plain opening, they would become king themselves. They don’t have loyalties, only compromise. Hence, they make sure to keep their own share of power close to have some form of resistance against the king.