If only it was the second iteration, which was a glorified MLM to bilk those bargain nazis out of their money in exchange for fucking klan memorabilia.
I’ve recently been reading about them, and this is honestly pretty accurate. (Keeping in mind, of course, that even the least problematic klan was still extremely problematic on an objective level. It’s just relative in this particular statement.)
They were super anti-Catholic, which feels almost quaint now. But they were their own worst enemies and eventually the greed and excess at the top caused the collapse of their entire pyramid scheme.
Strangely, that gives me hope for the US right now. History could repeat itself with our far-right techno-oligarchs.
Yep, I’m gonna let you have that one. Roger wouldn’t eat a hotdog in Provincetown and was meticulous about bug spray in Key West. Both of those are bad, but not klan bad.
my great grandad was though. from the side of the family i never really much talked to because my dad wanted nothing to do with them after what they did to him in his upbringing
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
hey at least he wasn’t a founding member of the third iteration of the klan (the current one)
dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
If only it was the second iteration, which was a glorified MLM to bilk those bargain nazis out of their money in exchange for fucking klan memorabilia.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
“the least problematic klan was the second klan, and other confusing things you don’t want anyone to say to you”
dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
All iterations of the klan are bad and stupid. But #2 was the least bad and the most stupid, so that’s something.
nickiwest@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’ve recently been reading about them, and this is honestly pretty accurate. (Keeping in mind, of course, that even the least problematic klan was still extremely problematic on an objective level. It’s just relative in this particular statement.)
They were super anti-Catholic, which feels almost quaint now. But they were their own worst enemies and eventually the greed and excess at the top caused the collapse of their entire pyramid scheme.
Strangely, that gives me hope for the US right now. History could repeat itself with our far-right techno-oligarchs.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Yep, I’m gonna let you have that one. Roger wouldn’t eat a hotdog in Provincetown and was meticulous about bug spray in Key West. Both of those are bad, but not klan bad.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Neither was I
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
my great grandad was though. from the side of the family i never really much talked to because my dad wanted nothing to do with them after what they did to him in his upbringing
lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
All I’m saying is, I’m not and who ever says I am is a liar