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  • daannii@lemmy.worldEnglish
    851·
    17 hours ago

    There are a handful of decent humans there who oppose it all. They have protested and been beaten up.

    Mostly young people. Not very many of them. But I think that’s pretty courageous considering they are literally surrounded by wolves.

    What must it be like to live in a country surrounded by insane fascist. ?

    Oh… Nevermind I guess I know.

    Well.

    But at least most of my fellow U.S citizens aren’t in support of it.

    I think Israel must feel like literally everyone is maga except like 2 people you know.

    • Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      8 hours ago

      It’s a good time to recommend the Discworld book Jingo, which remains just as relevant as when it was written.

      It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone’s fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I’m one of Us. I must be. I’ve certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. *No one* ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We’re always one of Us. It’s Them that do the bad things.

      And another quote from Feet of Clay:

      Just because someone’s a member of an ethnic minority doesn’t mean they’re not a nasty small-minded little jerk

      (And then there’s The Fifth Elephant that’s so painfully spot-on that I’d rather not spoil a single moment of it. Terry Pratchett was amazing and I wish he was still around to share his humor and wisdom. We could use a few laughs right now.)

    • Bloomcole@lemmy.worldEnglish
      105·
      14 hours ago

      But at least most of my fellow U.S citizens aren’t in support of it.

      Only 60% oppose an unprovoked attack targeting schools and hospitals?!

      And their reasons:

      • I am from the other side of the uniparty so I dogmatically am against anything the other side does.

      • The gas prices are going up!

      • We are sending our poor little innocent baby killers to die for israel!

      No, your country isn’t better.
      Also at best a handful of decent people, the US should be nuked just as hard AFAIC.

      • daannii@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 hours ago

        It’s a little better. I honestly feel that most of my community is not insane. That’s something.

            • Bloomcole@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              7 hours ago

              Like I haven’t heard that feeble argument from an americunt when he looked up Belgium to try some whataboutism.
              Bravo you’ve found ONE straw to grasp at from a long time ago where the circumstances are in no way comparable.
              We’re talking about support of the people.
              For one, what did people know back then about the private endeavour of a royal or about anything remotely distant from where they lived?
              Yes that definitely is the same as the people of the US shithole supporting nearly all their violent imperialism and terrorism while they have every opportunity to know they’re wrong.
              Oh, and BTW, it’s your cancer shithole that took over in Congo and about everywhere they could in Africa.
              So you can fuck right off with your ridiculous gotcha attempt.

                • Bloomcole@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  22·
                  7 hours ago

                  ‘we’ didn’t do anything.
                  you and all your miserable population are war criminals.
                  Glad you’re eating shit and circling the drain, you fully deserve it