"#LuigiMangione defense asks judge to block #deathPenalty in #CEO murder case"
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/luigi-mangione-death-penalty-brian-thompson-case.html
The defense's basis in the filing (pdf file):
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.633811/gov.uscourts.nysd.633811.16.0.pdf
"The #AttorneyGeneral stated during her television appearance that a reason she ordered the #deathSentence was because the alleged victim was a CEO"
I am not going to presuppose a ruling in today's political environment, but when the prosecution seeks the death penality because the victim is a CEO, that's fucked
Fuck you, you fucking douchebag.
You want people to have more #children?
#Healthcare. #Housing. #Daycare. #Maternity and #paternity leave. #Child #tax credits. A #livingwage. Four day workweek. Etc.
Nah: deny #women the right to have an #abortion and make everyone #poor and desperate, right? Goddamned #plutocrat assholes.
Plus, you raised an absolute festering pustule of a son, #ElonMusk. So don't you dare lecture anyone about #parenting, Cruella.
@ignova@mstdn.ca @Stybba3019@mstdn.social
It's immaturity, indeed
more exactly, it's moral immaturity
life is about hard choices and you use your moral compass to guide to better
but this whole "well I dont like the choices I want perfect and I'm going to whine and pout until I get it" exactly as things continue to slide to worse is just narcissistic self-congratulation
it is not morality at all. morality is about acting to make the world better. not mentally masturbating about how things should be but aren't
this gif is all #socialmedia ever was, is, or will be
people blowing off steam, sometimes in impressive ways
so go ahead and enjoy yourself
you can complain and shitpost, of course
you can get into arguments now and then
it's all good
but the primary point should be mirth, enlightenment
if your primary purpose is to stir up division then either
1. you're a sadistic edgelord
you need to rethink your personal issues
or
2. you're part of a purposeful #trollfarm agenda
we see you
😤
Happy #MemorialDay
For all those who gave their lives in the previous struggle against #fascism.
Let us make sure it was not in vain, and that we learn from their sacrifices.
x/x
addendum:
required viewing for all Americans
for everyone in the world
made by the US War Department at the end of WWII, a discussion between a regular Joe who almost gets seduced by a fascist street preacher, and a Hungarian immigrant who tells him this is how Hitler started, in detail
at a moment of historical clarity, an inspired piece of propaganda
how #fascism rises: divide and conquer with hate, while regular folks go "just crazy talk"
"Don't Be a Sucker"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAqYNFQdZ4
So there is some finesse here. The difficult task in containing latent fascism is knowing how to react to it. Too harsh and you feed it. Too soft and it grows.
But this is absolutely true and everyone must know it:
You aren't going to have to eventually confront fascism.
It is simply the truth that it is always there to be confronted.
All of us. All societies. For all time.
It's always bubbling under the surface. And it must be confronted.
Early, or it grows.
And claims innocence.
9/x
Happy #MemorialDay
For all those who gave their lives in the previous struggle against #fascism.
Let us make sure it was not in vain, and that we learn from their sacrifices.
x/x
Granted, it's possible to be too aggressive here.
That casual misogynist might just need a little talking to. While a hardcore reaction might backfire.
And WWIII right up front over a minor land disagreement... yeah, no.
So again, Karl Popper:
"I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be most unwise."
8/x
So there is some finesse here. The difficult task in containing latent fascism is knowing how to react to it. Too harsh and you feed it. Too soft and it grows.
But this is absolutely true and everyone must know it:
You aren't going to have to eventually confront fascism.
It is simply the truth that it is always there to be confronted.
All of us. All societies. For all time.
It's always bubbling under the surface. And it must be confronted.
Early, or it grows.
And claims innocence.
9/x
Domestically:
Every act of racism. Every instance of misogyny. Every bit of homophobia. Every aspect of transphobia. Classism, religious bigotry, etc: it needs to be stomped out up front.
If you let it slide, it builds to Trump.
Internationally:
Every little Transnistria. Every little invasion of Georgia. Every little swiping of Crimea: it needs to be stomped out up front.
If you let it slide, it builds and grows to full on invasion of Ukraine, threatening to drag us now into WWIII.
7/x
Granted, it's possible to be too aggressive here.
That casual misogynist might just need a little talking to. While a hardcore reaction might backfire.
And WWIII right up front over a minor land disagreement... yeah, no.
So again, Karl Popper:
"I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be most unwise."
8/x
So there's the lesson: fascism is suffering for us, one way or another, forever. So it is always far better to nip it in the bud early, when it is small, rather than wait, obliviously, and have to face it when it grows larger and is much more dangerous.
This is why we are repeating history: "this isn't a big threat," "just wait and it will go away on its own," "too much effort, can't be bothered," etc.
And then you simply face something worse later.
So a thesis to contain fascism:
6/x
Domestically:
Every act of racism. Every instance of misogyny. Every bit of homophobia. Every aspect of transphobia. Classism, religious bigotry, etc: it needs to be stomped out up front.
If you let it slide, it builds to Trump.
Internationally:
Every little Transnistria. Every little invasion of Georgia. Every little swiping of Crimea: it needs to be stomped out up front.
If you let it slide, it builds and grows to full on invasion of Ukraine, threatening to drag us now into WWIII.
7/x
But I can say this:
Fascism is always stopped. With two mechanisms:
1. Fascism weakens itself as much as its enemies. An ingroup and an outgroup are established, but the ingroup is further subdivided such that lower classes of the ingroup become new outgroups, cannon fodder.
2. Fascism always must expand. Fascism doesn't exist without an other, an enemy, to deliver pain and suffering to. Eventually it bites off too much and after much much suffering for everyone else, it finally dies.
5/x
So there's the lesson: fascism is suffering for us, one way or another, forever. So it is always far better to nip it in the bud early, when it is small, rather than wait, obliviously, and have to face it when it grows larger and is much more dangerous.
This is why we are repeating history: "this isn't a big threat," "just wait and it will go away on its own," "too much effort, can't be bothered," etc.
And then you simply face something worse later.
So a thesis to contain fascism:
6/x
Ben Royce 🇺🇦
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