Whether or not a president is compelled to enforce it doesn’t change my stance.

The rule of law is a construct. People who control the use of force or access to resources can do whatever they want, whenever they want.

That said, the reason that it is significant to me that this law exists is two fold:

1. Putting things in law and leaving it there is a public statement about the priorities and values of a government.

2. I find it shocking that people hold out hope that some foreign body is going to stop or punish the US government for their atrocities when the USA has made it clear, from the beginning, that they oppose the ICC.

Trump’s vocal opposition is not new. Obama invoked the law in 2014. Part of the law is that the US will not participate in activities that put their soldiers at risk, which requires countries to agree to not prosecute or surrender US troops if they want the support of the US military.

Further to that, obama’s government launched a review of the law and decided to keep it.

Biden removed some of the trump sanctions from his first term.

The removal was because they thought there were more effective ways to object:

We continue to disagree strongly with the ICC’s actions relating to the Afghanistan and Palestinian situations. We maintain our longstanding objection to the Court’s efforts to assert jurisdiction over personnel of non-States Parties such as the United States and Israel. We believe, however, that our concerns about these cases would be better addressed through engagement with all stakeholders in the ICC process rather than through the imposition of sanctions.

I find it upsetting that people see this comment as hyperbole when it has been the stated position of the US government, enshrined in law, since 2002.

Literally begging americans to learn about their own country instead of accusing everyone who opposes them as being paid by the russian government to interfere in their elections.

They recognized it in 2002 when, in response to its formation, they enacted a law enabling the president to free americans and certain allied individuals from being detained by it, and prohibiting cooperation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Protection_Act

The US is not a member state of the ICC. In fact, when the ICC was being formed the US passed a law giving the president the right to “to use all means necessary and appropriate” to free certain people from the ICC and prohibits cooperation with the courts.

In addition to US politicians, the law explicitly names the government of Israel (and several other countries) as people covered under this law. I am always surprised when people act shocked that the US will not arrest Bibi.

So when the other person mentioned invading the Hauge if he is arrested, they were being quite literal.

Eta: the ICC will still announce charges against individuals from non member states if the charges stem from actions with member states. That is why they have made charges against Putin and Bibi.

It’s not clear in the article, but they are mesh nodes: https://lores.tech/

More about what mesh wireless networks are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_mesh_network

We live in a society, if you want it to be a better place you have to engage with others.

Not without boundaries. It’s amazing to be able to interact with people from all over the world, but not all interactions are useful or genuine.

I don’t have issues with people blocking me or the communities I am active in. I found the whole tesseract thing shady because it wasn’t transparent, but I don’t think some great harm has occurred because people can’t see me yap.

I routinely block communities that aren’t interesting to me, so that browsing All is easier. I also block comms or people that make me compelled to argue (vs discuss). For example, if I am feeling compelled to defend myself to someone who is putting words in my mouth instead of asking me what I meant then I think the wise thing for me to do is probably just block and move on. They aren’t interested in understanding me and I’m just wasting energy. I don’t always achieve this, but it’s certainly healthier than trying to dissect where the interaction went wrong and getting angry at a stranger. They can fuck up and make assumptions just as well as I can. They don’t need my anger in their life.

It’s draining enough to work on effective communication IRL. I’m not going to be able to do that for the whole world.

I regret not staying better in tune with technology as it progressed. Things have changed a bit since you dialed a phone number to log in to someone’s BBS 🥲

Very cool that people are continuing to DIY and spreading the word.

In the context of the image in the post, what does the word “empire” mean to you?

I seem to recall that email scams were not super polished because their targets were people who didn’t question too much. I see that this has been adopted more widely.

The real way to end wealth inequality: send cheques to everyone who thinks america deserves the slightest criticism.

Something something 56 channels of america gladiator.

Hello fellow introverted autistic loner. I hope you find a community that suits you and what level of engagement you are able to have. It may not surprise you to know there are plenty of autistic rural people lol 😅

OH.

That makes so much more sense. Thank you for clarifying.

You’re right I said tweet. It’s a blue sky post that is the image for this post. My mistake.

Unfun fact the American Service Members Protection Act which was passed under Bush Jr when the ICC being established, specifically allows for the US to protects israeli (and other) government officials from the ICC.

Diplomatic immunity would be moot hereif they were in an ICC signatory country, even if France wants to pretend otherwise 🤷‍♀️

Edit cause I hit enter too fast. This law survived 3 Democrat presidential terms. Maybe they can get around to changing it next time.

I don’t understand this comment - I think the tweet in the post says children. Am I missing something?

In the US, doctors are prohibited from participating in executions. I’m sure that doesn’t help people make informed decisions when coming up with ways the state can kill people.

In case this isn’t a joke or if other people want to know, the president gets to choose the method: https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5993539/firing-squad-execution-nidal-hasan-fort-hood

There is some speculation that recent events are influencing it but I would tend to believe it’s the desire to appear strong. Remember that flurry of executive orders on the first day of his latest term? One of them resulted in reinstating firing squads for federal executions.

I think you give them too much credit. Try asking them to define it one day. It’s fun!

Although around election time (when isn’t it election time in their godforsaken country???) americans can’t seem to decide if I am a “tankie” or a russian agent.

Don’t worry, ancoms are “tankies” to the people who use that word too.