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- Comment on Yep, you did. 51 minutes ago:
I don’t think either were a perfect fit, but personally I don’t think they need to be. V for Vendetta lines up great in some ways, much less so in others, but I think it scratches the same itch. They are all cautionary tales about the ways we allow or encourage or accept the government to use their power, and how those pressure points can be exploited to create various authoritarian and/or dystopian outcomes.
Been awhile since I’ve read any of those, but I definitely have always felt they resonate with each other, and IMO they resonate with current events also.
- Comment on With Every Fiber Of My Being 55 minutes ago:
Although I see your point, I think the origin point (or at least popularization point) that I guarantee nearly all of us are mentally referencing when we read it supplies that explicit point of reference, at least in my opinion.
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- Comment on Clip shows Germans being made to walk around a Nazi camp after WWII 5 hours ago:
truthout.org/…/trump-issues-executive-order-resto…
Trump’s order also indicated that his Justice Department may seek to expand the use of the death penalty, so that it can apply to crimes beyond murder. The directive orders the U.S. attorney general to “pursue the death penalty for all crimes of a severity demanding its use.”
Like being trans? Or gay? Or Communist? Or Socialist? Or Democrat?
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- Comment on Conservative people are the moist toxic and aggressive people for no reason 11 hours ago:
Whatever the nazis did to undermine the educated is borderline impossible to do today.
And yet they are doing so.
I’m not the one you need to convice, you fucking tool.
Plonk.
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Part of magas regression is the whole “alpha male” might makes right thing. The sad answer to your question is that’s where they are taking us. To a place where laws don’t matter, only who is strong enough to get their way. It’s been clear in the rightwing culture for years and years now.
- Comment on Conservative people are the moist toxic and aggressive people for no reason 15 hours ago:
1932 was a pivotal year in the Nazis’ ascent. It’s a terrifying parallel for today
Leading Civil Rights Lawyer Shows 20 Ways Trump Is Copying Hitler’s Early Rhetoric and Policies
Here’s the list from that second article. Article goes into detail for each.
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Neither was elected by a majority. (not relevant now this was 2019 - but if you are trying to pick these apart one by one instead of looking at the picture they paint, you are still doing it wrong)
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Both found direct communication channels to their base.
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Both blame others and divide on racial lines.
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Both relentlessly demonize opponents.
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They unceasingly attack objective truth.
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They relentlessly attack mainstream media.
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Their attacks on truth include science.
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Their lies blur reality–and supporters spread them.
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Both orchestrated mass rallies to show status.
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They embrace extreme nationalism.
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Both made closing borders a centerpiece.
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They embraced mass detention and deportations.
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Both used borders to protect selected industries.
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They cemented their rule by enriching elites.
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Both rejected international norms.
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They attack domestic democratic processes.
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Both attack the judiciary and rule of law.
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Both glorify the military and demand loyalty oaths.
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They proclaim unchecked power.
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Both relegate women to subordinate roles.
Though if you can’t see it for yourself by now you aren’t paying attention or don’t want to see it.
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- Comment on Conservative people are the moist toxic and aggressive people for no reason 16 hours ago:
Judge people on action, but don’t fucking label half your country as evil. Many of them have been spoonfed lies like religion since birth.
Can we skip right to the part where we show them films of the atrocities they voted for (precursors for many of which area already in today’s headlines) or do we have to wait for all those atrocities to happen first?
dailymail.co.uk/…/Clip-shows-Germans-walk-Nazi-ca…
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- Comment on "The biggest threat to America today is not communism, it's moving America toward a fascist theocracy" - Frank Zappa, 1986 3 days ago:
To be clear, though some folks like to make a big deal about someone being on .ml, I am not a communist, and the part that was significant to me was that our trajectory was being openly called by folks that far back, not any message regarding communism.
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- Comment on Driver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK 4 days ago:
goes to find videos of people shooting cybertrucks
(I wonder if giving a single cybertruck to a single trans influencer would do it? It only took a single can of Bud Light after all…)
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- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
That felt a little like trying to evade my mistake. Folks could also not be dicks. (not directed at you)
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Oh I’m an idiot folks I thought that was Jack Smith complaining about the lack of accountability for Trump. My bad!
- Comment on Those who died are justified 2 weeks ago:
Everybody quotes the “Some of those who work forces” part, but really I think “those who died are justified” is the real hard hitter. Finding cause to declare their killings as justified is literally their MO. The racism just makes it that much worse.
- Comment on Ultimate Shitposting 2 weeks ago:
Make the width of the green like proportional to the wealth which billionaires hoard compared to the average worker
- Comment on "Free" Speech Absolutist™ 2 weeks ago:
Frankly my entire screed is predicated on ignoring the possibility that we never see a free election again. A possibility that I consider plausible.
- Comment on "Free" Speech Absolutist™ 2 weeks ago:
I mean you can, and should be, pissed off at Democrats all you want. Doesn’t change that all data point towards them being a better decision for middle/lower class Americans.
Very true.
Problem is, a bunch of Americans feel the way you do, but instead of still voting intelligently, despite being upset with Dems, they chose to stay home or vote 3rd party.
Wasn’t me this time, but will be next time. I voted angrily for Kamala. I’m not voting for the less-evil conservative party next time. I need to see differentiation and I need to see progressive policy stances. I’ve been voting for what Democrats might one day do if they ever get the chance for 40 years because I wasn’t willing to support Republicans. And I could accept all the compromises that kept pushing that carrot down the road.
I don’t view those things the same anymore. I saw what D did just in the last two months prior to this election and that was enough. (not by a damn sight my only complaints of the past four years, but the final straw. I can no longer pretend this is the party I was told it was all that time.) They need to be a different party next time, or I’m prepared to spend the rest of my life being one of the people folks hate for R getting elected. I’m not voting for the party of “what R used to be.”
At this point I think they are fighting against R because they have no other party to fight against, not because they have a shared principle among them.
- Comment on "Free" Speech Absolutist™ 2 weeks ago:
We pretty much fucked any chance we had for the middle/lower classes to gain more power/influence during our lifetimes.
I may have disagreed with you if Kamala hadn’t spend the end of 2024 proving that the destruction of the traditional Republican party (not that I was a fan of R in the first place) was all the excuse D needed to sprint to the right. It’s not even like D is trying to pull things the other way, they have literally just embraced this opportunity to become even closer to corporate interests and move their party to the right.
They are fighting R because they are oblicated to do so, but I no longer believe anyone in power in the Democrats cares any more about the middle class and non-white, non-Christian, non-straight Americans than R does.
- Comment on "Free" Speech Absolutist™ 2 weeks ago:
But then do you ignore that research when the result is different than you expected? Like this one?
theguardian.com/…/twitter-admits-bias-in-algorith…
Or will you not claim exactly the opposite of what the article you provided shows when the topic comes up the next time around?
- Comment on Racism nas gone too woke! 2 weeks ago:
That’s a great answer. So who are the people who you feel are being called racist today that should not be?
- Comment on Interesting new symbols for bathroom doors 2 weeks ago:
Crickets. (not that I’m surprised)
- Comment on "Free" Speech Absolutist™ 2 weeks ago:
We all saw the undeniable evidence that Twitter had suppressed anything not in line with the positions of the left.
Called out. Posts this:
Did you mean this… theguardian.com/…/twitter-admits-bias-in-algorith…
But apparently doesn’t read past the headline.
Home feed promotes rightwing tweets over those from the left, internal research finds
The research found that in six out of seven countries, apart from Germany, tweets from rightwing politicians received more amplification from the algorithm than those from the left; right-leaning news organisations were more amplified than those on the left; and generally politicians’ tweets were more amplified by an algorithmic timeline than by the chronological timeline.
According to a 27-page research document, Twitter found a “statistically significant difference favouring the political right wing” in all the countries except Germany. Under the research, a value of 0% meant tweets reached the same number of users on the algorithm-tailored timeline as on its chronological counterpart, whereas a value of 100% meant tweets achieved double the reach. On this basis, the most powerful discrepancy between right and left was in Canada (Liberals 43%; Conservatives 167%), followed by the UK (Labour 112%; Conservatives 176%). Even excluding top government officials, the results were similar, the document said.
- Comment on "Free" Speech Absolutist™ 2 weeks ago:
The green line is (at least) the one you need.
