Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5か月前It's good to be da kinglocklemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square332fedilinkarrow-up11.38Kfile-text
arrow-up11.38Kexternal-linkIt's good to be da kinglocklemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5か月前message-square332fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·5か月前I believe the term for this is “political blackmail”. Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
minus-squaremynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·5か月前Sounds like terrorism to me
minus-squareAnti_Iridium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·5か月前No, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.
minus-squaredesktop_user [they/them] @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5か月前because it’s a tool that can be useful
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5か月前It shouldn’t have to be useful. This is just a sign of failed governance.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5か月前It’s useful in a healthy democracy. Which the US isn’t.
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25か月前Maybe as a last resort. Not the defacto standard, every couple of months let’s hold the entire government hostage. Hey let’s do some really evil shit and if you don’t agree, we’re gonna shut down the government and not pay anyone.
I believe the term for this is “political blackmail”.
Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
Sounds like terrorism to me
No, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.
because it’s a tool that can be useful
It shouldn’t have to be useful. This is just a sign of failed governance.
It’s useful in a healthy democracy. Which the US isn’t.
Maybe as a last resort. Not the defacto standard, every couple of months let’s hold the entire government hostage.
Hey let’s do some really evil shit and if you don’t agree, we’re gonna shut down the government and not pay anyone.
Yes, of course, as a last resort.
Useful to whom?