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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 11 hours ago

How about go swimming off the beautiful Cuban coast, and get eaten by a school of sharks?

[–] Puddinghelmet@lemmy.world 15 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Hold him accountable or something, yall dont even have guard rails to protect american citizens and hold people in power accountable, america is literally a business trying to make the most profit possible. Citizens rights? Fuq that shit xd

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

america is literally a business trying to make the most profit possible

Unfortunately, this 100% true, and most people don't truly realize it. In 1919, Dodge sued Ford, claiming that Henry Ford was operating his company under policies that benefitted him and his workers more than they benefitted the shareholders. The court found for Dodge, and ever since, corporations have been enslaved by their Stock Price, and all company policies have to increase the stock price, no matter what. If they don't put the shareholders first, the shareholders can sue the company.

That forces companies to abuse and under-pay employees, and make immoral corporate decisions because serving the Stock Price is literally the ultimate objective of every corporation. More than a good product, more than quality control, more than utility to the consumer, more than being a moral company who cares about their employees, the Stock Price is literally the only thing that matters, because that's the law. Ultimately, the only product that any public corporation cares about, is its Stock.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

If they don’t put the shareholders first, the shareholders can sue the company.

The thing that gets you sued is not doing what you say you're supposed to be doing. And that entirely depends on what it says in the corporate charter. A corporation is only obligated to maximize quarterly shareholder returns if they don't clearly state otherwise. And it's never been the stock price, it's been dividends (which drive the stock price). And you'll notice that quite a lot of software firms don't turn a profit for many years and pay no dividends. And yet they're not sued by shareholders, because they openly announced that that was what their strategy was.

[–] Tonava@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Alright that's the last straw, I've had enough news about tyrants today. I don't even believe in magic but I'm still gonna put a curse on every single one of these disgusting fascists and enabling fuckwits. Rot, bastards. All of them

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Vihhoo tihhkuvat akat, ukotkii eltaantunneet,
vajjoot mahollistajat, kansoo nii murhhanneet,
sikkailevvat raharikkoot, lapsiiki raeskanneet,
kaik nuo elonkehhee ryöveevät suatanan ahhneet;

lihat sulakee poies, suoletki määtkää,
täysiks visvoo piät ilikeet ja tyhymätkii,
kalluu nuo luut viel paha syöpäkkii,
kaik fasistihet työ elävält mättääntykkää;

puolest kaikkie heikompie, ny mie pistänkii vihoiks,
kirroon verellä, kirroon raualla,
kirroon sylellä ja suolalla,
peittelennii viel tuhhkasella,
mie kuritan mualimanpaskojia näen julumasti kostoks.

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

So what about Iran and or the Epstein files?

[–] garbage_world@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

First finish with Iran, you Orange Ape

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 5 points 11 hours ago

This is about shifting media attention away from Iran. When Miami gets shelled, then the Gulf becomes boring.

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago

As long as we don't do anything about it he can indeed do whatever he wants

[–] j_elgato@leminal.space 24 points 1 day ago

Ha ha!

It's funny because no one in a position of power will try and stop him and he will fucking kill us all for his vanity, or to escape narcissistic injury, or because he's bored...

Wait.. yeah, that's not funny. Can someone please take away grampas nuclear weapons and put him in a home/jail?

[–] freddydunningkruger@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (19 children)

I'm so glad I listened to all the posters who said voting for the Democrats was voting for GENOCIDE. Boy we sure dodged a bullet there didn't we!

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

These people are so mentally challenged it's not even funny. I bet they are still around, perhaps on .ml 😉

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

talk to the dem leaders about their failure on that one. You would hope at least one of the parties would be against war crimes. Why werent the DNC? Rhetocial question: because they are irretrievably corrupt and cashed some AIPAC checks.

I think you'd best be mad at that corruption and not the voters put in an impossible spot because of it. Unless you are dishonest, a warmonger or zionist, in which case go on with your prattle.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

blockade is defined in the UN charter as an aggressive act of war. Any fallout from that would mean NATO has no duty to support the US.. in that conflict or any conflict continuing from it.

it’s in the definition of Agression Resolution (Re. 3314) and is considered an illegal act, and a war crime if it halts import of food and medicine.

Retaliating with commensurate and proportional force against a blockade is legally allowed by art. 51 of the UN Charter.

[–] 73ms@sopuli.xyz 3 points 14 hours ago

NATO has no duty to support the US anyway unless we're talking about an attack on the US which this isn't looking like any way you slice it.

[–] NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip 62 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

"The honor of taking Cuba" sounds like an old man talking about a young girl he's about to rape.

[–] scottrepreneur@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Well he does have experience

[–] Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 1 day ago

Grabbing countries by the pussy.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I never thought I'd see the day when even childish Saturday morning cartoon villainy became this real.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is his dementia talking, or more specifically, his frontotemporal dementia, a major symptom of which is that his brain no longer has efffective impulse control He lacks inhibition, much like you see in drunk people, and he's just acting on whatever idiotic thought pops into his head or gets mentioned to him

[–] jobbies@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago

How about you finish your current war you sad old bag of hamburgers.

[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The USA is a terrorist country.

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[–] wombatmacncheese@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

Spoken like a true rapist.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 day ago

Rapist gonna rape

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

“I do believe I’ll be the honor of – have the honor of taking Cuba. That would be good. That’s a big honor,” said the president.

“Taking Cuba. In some form, yeah,” the president confirmed. “Taking Cuba.”

“I mean, whether I free it, or take it... I think I can do anything I want with it, to tell you the truth,” Trump said.

Wasn't he trying to make people forget about the Epstein files? Because jfc that isn't how you do it

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[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

When I was a kid I always dreamed of visiting the USA.

Now, I will only visit it once. To piss on Trump's grave when he dies.

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[–] rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 day ago

Epstein files

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 66 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

Trump seems to be speed-running the "overextend yourself militarily" part of the late stage in the collapse of empires.

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

SIXTY YEARS of this Cuba crap, all without any benefit to us. Just out of spite

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