12/12/2025 at 1:08:41 PM
by alsdkfjas
12/12/2025 at 6:43:43 PM
Incredible storyby 737min
12/13/2025 at 7:06:29 AM
See also: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c785n9pexjpoAmerica and Eurozone countries welcoming populist authoritarianism and plutocratic megacorp corruption are also flirting with/rapidly adopting mass surveillance, mandatory digital user identification, and repeal of civil liberties including freedoms of speech and privacy.
The primary, eternal struggle that matters the most is between the rich and powerful, and everyone else.
by burnt-resistor
12/12/2025 at 2:02:22 PM
[flagged]by codeddesign
12/12/2025 at 2:28:47 PM
> After Li quit the party, auditors trawled through his finances — usual practice for departing officials. Three years later, in 2017, they declared him clean.by nerdsniper
12/12/2025 at 3:42:25 PM
In September 2025, he failed to show up for court.https://www.lawinfochina.com/Search/DisplayInfo.aspx?id=3786...
I am all for political asylum, but traveling to the other side of the world, entering a country by declaring you are a visitor, then filing for asylum to stay, all while being a fugitive for embezzlement in your own country is nothing less than fraud.
by codeddesign
12/12/2025 at 7:39:21 PM
So let's say I'm in charge of $COUNTRY_A, and `codeddesign is in charge of $COUNTRY_B. Every time someone tries to go to $COUNTRY_B to get political asylum from me, all I have to do is claim that they should be found guilty of embezzlement and that's enough for you to return each and every person to $COUNTRY_A to face trial?You say that you are "all for political asylum". What's a good example of how political asylum should be used, or has been used in the past that you support?
by nerdsniper
12/13/2025 at 2:10:18 AM
Asylum: “protection to people who fear political persecution in their home country due to a protected characteristic”Example: Asylum is intended for political persecution. If you feel unsafe living in Chicago because a gang is after you, that doesn’t fall under the definition of asylum for you to move to London.
If you are being rounded up by the govt and placed in a jail because of your religion, that would be a case for asylum.
If your country wants to try you for a crime and you flee, that makes you a fugitive and that’s why there is “extradition”. This would not be a case for asylum.
by codeddesign