I can only hope EU carries that torch going forward and doesn’t bend the knee to US influence. But I have to admit, it’s not looking too good…

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1 mill is a very conservative estimate in this regard. I expect it to be orders of magnitude worse.

Spoken like someone who hasn’t been fighting for 15+ years with NOTHING to show for it.

I’m just tired. People don’t give a fuck anyway. May it all burn down in nuclear fire soon.

This shit is happening no matter who votes what. It’s been voted on how many times in the past decade? 5+? It’ll always keep coming back until it passes. Might as well do it now rather than later. Same with online ID verification. Just bite the pillow while they’re going in dry, it’s the shortest pain.

I guarantee he’ll end up shanked to death. There is no way they’re leaving him alive, and due process has its pitfalls.

But random prison violence? Could always happen…

Hijacked by those with the biggest pockets.

Unironically, oxidative stress shortens your telomeres and therefore, your lifespan.

Lol we’re doomed.

If this war ever ends without further massive casualties and damage, Ukraine will forever after be a defense powerhouse with, probably, one of the most robust defense industries in the world.

Had been for a long time, it’s almost standard for controversial public speakers in some circles

A lot of this reminds me of the shooting of Pim Fortuyn in NL over two decades ago. He was very charismatic, a born demagogue, and he would’ve taken NL far-right twenty years before they, unfortunately, still went there. But who knows, maybe that shooter saved Europe from an earlier slide into fascism. No telling what ripple effects will still emanate from this entire situation.

I found it on wikipedia of all places

He was wearing kevlar, and the shooter was likely aware of that, so head or neck were the only possible targets.

Korea has already indicated they will very much take this into account when making future decisions about investment abroad.

Who can blame them?

Looks like their caster rolled a nat 20 and scored the crit of a lifetime.

Possible… but he had a lot of enemies, and there’s more and more people with literally nothing left to lose in the USA every single day, so it was probably inevitable on a long enough timescale.

Well, that side has been itching to start their civil war, and they’re absolutely capable of sacrificing one of their own in order to obtain the license they think they need. Stranger things have happened.

Just in time for WW3.

I see a lot of arguments along the lines of “He only ever debated people, he was completely innocent”. Yeah, no. His words, even though just words, were violence. Because of things he said, and standpoints he defended, real people died. And when confronted with this truth, his reply was “I am willing to make that sacrifice” - meaning, he was willing to sacrifice others on the altar of his convictions.

Today, it was simply his turn.

Besides, he really hated empathy as a concept. If you want to honor his views, you should definitely not be mourning him, because you’d besmirch his remembrance that way. And if there’s one thing we can expect from conservatives, it’s that they’re consistent and clear in their communications and wants…