Eh if you look at it as a hobby it’s not so bad. My only issue is that it rests on a certain mythology that you’ll survive collapse by holing up in some bunker by yourself which is complete nonsense. Strong community bonds will help people survive difficult times, not isolation.

Based on the news articles I’m seeing I’m forced to conclude it is.

Am I allowed to say Germany is a police state?

I mean probably none of the solutions to this conflict are going to happen but it’s theoretically possible that they could. Many people across the world have dissolved their own government under certain (usually extreme) circumstances.

Did you read the definition above? None of this is relevant. At this point I can only assume this is an issue of willful ignorance.

Hamas’s actions have not been notably different towards civilians and soldiers they hold captive. Both are treated as hostages. There is really nothing further to discuss, and I already mentioned my view on Israeli hostages above as well.

It’s entirely possible to use POWs as hostages. They aren’t mutually exclusive categories. One has to look at the statements and behavior of the actors involved to assess their motivations. Is it merely to reduce enemy fighting forces or are they also used as leverage? Hamas’s actions and statements make it clear in this case that they are hostages.

Of course, Hamas also took non-combatants hostage so I don’t see why you are willing to die on this hill, it’s incontrovertible that they do take hostages.

That’s absolutely not what the word hostage means. A hostage is a prisoner used as a bargaining chip. The validity of the action has no bearing on it.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hostage

No? Maybe you should read again.

Hostages are defined by their usage as pawns by their captors. Whether they are soldiers, children, or guinea pigs has little relevance to that.

Also, I would add that imprisoning people is almost always wrong, so the distinction between hostage and prisoner isn’t as morally significant as mainstream society believes.

Hamas’s negotiating tactics make the term hostage applicable, even for soldiers.

The real question is whether Palestinians held by Israel should be called hostages. I would argue yes but they aren’t as open about the threats to them and their use as pawns in negotiations.

“Sustainable”. More evidence Chinese green investments are performative.

Not that other nations are any better.

There is a danger the National Security Law will be weaponised, he says, with people saying: “If you don’t agree with me, I accuse you of infringement of the national security law.”

“I don’t agree with this type of stuff,” says Mr Tang.

After years of searching, we finally found him. The least self-aware man on the planet.

Are you sure they weren’t spilled by accident?

What can be done about this? Obviously Trump won’t intervene, so what other levers of action can people push against?

Yeah I did wonder about that too.

I don’t really understand the message OP is trying to get across here but this is obviously fictional, in case anyone had any illusions about that.

Alright, false alarm folks, everything is functioning as intended, no need to worry.

I wish, I see them pretty regularly.

I’m shocked!

Shocked you weren’t permabanned from that instance long ago. Maybe admin privilege at work.

But yeah I mean PTB obviously, barely even worth saying since it applies to almost every ban on that instance.

Interesting. I’ve watched some videos without issue, though not many since there aren’t that many to watch.

Probably at least try lol. But I’m not sure we’ll have quite the political monopoly the boomers did as we’re proportionately smaller and also I think more diverse, so we have less of a singular vision for politics.