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• somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ll tell you when we were great. It’s when I was a kid and didn’t know how fucked shit was.

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• hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I asked my family what the last useful thing Congress accomplished that made life better for Americans.

  The only 2 answers were the 2010 Affordable Care Act and the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.

  Two actions in 40+ years.

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• Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We were pretty cool during ww2 for the most part.

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  • Rooskie91@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My brother in christ, the military was segregated during world war 2.

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    • JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, pretty much any positive time in the US, we gotta remember that Black folks were excluded from the positive aspects of those times. Intentionally.

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    • Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ok… Before that slavery and after that hyper imperialism. This is why I said for the most part. Plus ww2 had a lot of firsts for racial and gender equality.

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  • BlueLineBae@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ah yes, that time we put asians in concentration camps. Pretty cool. /s

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    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And the guy who signed the order is a hero to liberals to this day

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  • FerretyFever0@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That's a big nahhhh from me, chief. Japanese-Americans might have some words for you.

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    • Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Again before that, slavery, after that Imperialism and now new concentration camps and exile.

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  • klemptor@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We dropped not just one but two of the most horrific weapon ever developed on a civilian population.

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    • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Most horrific weapons dropped on a civilian population so far.

      Although given the state of Palestine, I can’t say dropping lots of small bombs is any better.

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    • Jankatarch@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well it’s not like you can use drop “the bomb that was meant to be invented 700 years later” to a military base or two to scare your enemies.

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  • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Except for the 2 and half years they just sat on the sidelines.

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    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nah. Lend lease was in full swing, and they were sanctioning the imperial Japanese. Hindsight is 20/20, there was a glimmer of hope at the time that the problem could be resolved with political pressure. Putting boots on the ground without trying anything else first is Bush doctrine level bullshit.

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  • ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Didn’t the US consider joining the axis but only joined the allies because they stood to make bank helping rebuild Europe?

    And wasn’t the only Nazi rally outside of Germany held in the US, in Madison Square Garden?

    And didn’t the US turn two cities in Japan into glass and ash?

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    • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t believe we legitimately considered joining the axis, as a nation.

      We did however have awful “leaders” with fascist ideologies … and they never went away.

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    • lmagitem@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The US only joined the allies because of Japan’s war declaration. They were mostly happy making bank with both sides before that.

      The communications systems in german tanks were working with Graham Bell technology. Their electronics were big on american parts too. Part of the oil that fueled the invasion of Poland and France was from the US. A big part of US’ elites were pro-Hitler (for them the guy was a godsend against communism). The safest places to hide during the American bombings in Germany were the IBM factories.

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    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      USA under Franklin Roosevelt was probably the only time the country was firmly at the highest peak of moral ground.

      As for the rhetorical questions, you make it sound as though US fascists were in power to effect influence and policy change. They have been loud but never been influential enough. FDR have made sure of that.

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    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think there was some consideration towards joining or at least aligning with the central powers during WW1 but there was basically no interest with joining the Axis in WW2.

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    • Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They turned way more cities than that into ash.

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  • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hey, let’s play a game. Any time someone says something good, you guys shit all over it.

    Wait, did you all start without me?

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• BreadOven@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The land mass was cool before European colonization.

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• Geose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• notarobot@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This really confuse me because I use the same app but not on dark mode. I didn’t understand why it was dark mode for half a post

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• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Back when fast food restaurants ripped off Sid and Marty Krofft

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• Toneswirly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  bro same. From the moment I was aware of the problems with America they have gotten progressively worse, though the past year has seen an acceleration of madness and chaos I never thought possible.

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