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@yeather@lemmy.ca
- Comment on God is a dick. 1 day ago:
“Miraculous Transportation” is a more technically correct term, and it is not clear if it happens instantaneously or not. The boat in John 6:16 is immediately on the shore where they were headed, though this could mean very quickly. Same with Acts 8:26 when Philip is taken from the wilderness between Jerusalem and Gaza to another city.
- Comment on Anon is worried about men 2 weeks ago:
Kanye would agree
- Comment on Anon is worried about men 2 weeks ago:
4chan funded their own dating app. It was alright.
- Comment on Antony Starr is glad ‘The Boys’ is ending: “I don’t like seeing things outstay their welcome” 2 weeks ago:
The third is alright, closer to superhero slop than anti corporate. Fourth season is really good, shifts away from corpo satire and towards political satire really well. You should give it another shot when the final season drops.
- Comment on We are so cooked 2 weeks ago:
Hurricanes are known to travel in land and up North though. The fact a hurricane hit Tennessee isn’t odd. It was the strength and the length it lingered over the state that made it devastating.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
The smarter citizens are patriotic enough to try ans stick through and fix the mess, while the stupid Americans are patriotic to the point of messing it up again.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
The citizenship test is only in English, so anyone able to vote will be able to understand English.
- Comment on You better say "Thank You"! 4 weeks ago:
So were they supposed to take the extra time to set up tents and stuff or habd out food as soon as they could, and should they not use the extra manpower from cops or should they just be understaffed and slow down giving out basic aid?
- Comment on history rhymes, or something 4 weeks ago:
Haven’t seen that, just the green card of one of the organizers.
- Comment on Scarlett Johansson Wants Marvel Fans to Let Black Widow Go: ‘Let Her Have Her Hero Moment’ 5 weeks ago:
The second option
- Comment on Poor guy 5 weeks ago:
There doesn’t seem to be a reliable source one way or another. The South African reported he was denied a liscence because of the black ownership laws while Newsweek says there was never a public liscence application filed. It’s possible the royalities offer was given privately and rejected, this is most likely since Starlink does pay for liscenses based on service in ither African countries.
- Comment on hate your job? how about you die and still have to do it 1 month ago:
Nationalism and militarism are not inherently fascist. A society can be nationalist and militarist and not be fascist.
- Comment on hate your job? how about you die and still have to do it 1 month ago:
Neither of which are inherently fascist.
- Comment on hate your job? how about you die and still have to do it 1 month ago:
“A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.”
- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
I do not believe we know enough about the government or economy to call Starship Troopers fascism.
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Centralization of authority under a dictator. In the books, we know very little about the Sky Marshal, in truth it isn’t revealed if they lead the civilian government at all, or if they’re just the equivalent of the highest ranking general. In the movies we do know the lead the civilian government and take a commander in chief role, but not enough about their powers to call them a dictator. Also, the incredibly high turnover rate I believe demonstrates it is not a dictatorship.
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Capitalist economy under strict government controls. Again i think we do not know enough about the civilian economy to say. Though noncitizens participating and being wealthy might imply less control.
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Violent suppression of the opposition. In the case of the Arachnids this is true, but internal opposition is never addressed. It appears that citizens and non citizens have some ability to oppose the ruling party. Voting rights are talked about in a way where people are optimistic they can make an impact for the better, implying some form of opposition. Also, we have no clue what the Arachnids were doing before the book or film. Contested space, where both parties are expanding, means conflict will arise. The Arachnids are also a credible threat, not a scapegoat.
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Policy of belligerent nationalism and racism. True for the most part against Arachnids. I think the fascism argument cracks when you think further and realize the Arachnids cannot communicate at all to humans, we have 0 indicators at their intentions. The fact humanity is united and there seems to be no racism amongst humans towards each other is also not a hallmark of fascism.
- Comment on hate your job? how about you die and still have to do it 1 month ago:
The only real box i can think of is restrictive voting, but even then the path to voting rights is open to everyone. The only other definitive fascist thing is the speedy trial and execution in the movie, but that can be vague authoritarianism to future policing and evidence. We don’t get to know enough about the economics of ST to really say.
- Comment on hate your job? how about you die and still have to do it 1 month ago:
The issue is Starship Troopers is not fascist, it is more obvious in the book compared to the film. The society is described as multicultural and multiracial with only a very competitive merit based society. While “citizenship” is stuck behind service, it includes all kinds of service, and the army is required to take all people who wish to become no matter their physical state. Not being a citizen does not stop people from engaging in commerce or becoming wealthy or voicing your opinions on topics. Citizens really only get the opportunity to vote and preference in government jobs and programs.
- Comment on Anon envies the boomers 1 month ago:
Exception? You mean the standard.
- Comment on Valve adds "all the Team Fortress 2 client and server game code" to its Source mod tools, letting modders "build completely new games based on TF2" and publish them on Steam 1 month ago:
Low bars for entry with high community trustworthiness, you can make a .ca account really easily and most lemmy users have a positive opinion of .ca and its users.
- Comment on A daunting realization 1 month ago:
Actually Kanye took you to Death con 3, then admitted he chose the because he couldn’t remember if 5 or 1 was the worst one.
- Comment on Anon is a veteran 2 months ago:
That’s humanity, going strong for thousands of years off the backs of soldiers.
- Comment on Anon is a veteran 2 months ago:
Brother this is a 4chan post, if you want to make assumptions at least make realistic ones.
- Comment on Real estate market is tough 2 months ago:
Call it a mother in law suite and the law gets iffy and whoever you need to convince in government to give you a permit is more likely to.
- Comment on Anon tries to solve his problems 2 months ago:
You’re right. Anon should have hired an escort to sleep and cuddle with.
- Comment on Anon watches the news with his mom 2 months ago:
That’s all I ask, thank you
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
He kissed the rock, Trump will do shit like this to feed his ego while sending weapons to Israel to feed the war economy.
- Comment on After the catastrophe of Concord Sony is reportedly cancelling other projects including a God of War live service game 2 months ago:
Play Fortnite
- Comment on Anon is a gamer 2 months ago:
I would stop arguing with them now, the only thing worse than arguing with an idiot is arguing with a stubborn and wrong idiot.
- Comment on Hurry 3 months ago:
Books from my old high school I still had due since rain.
- Comment on GET REKT 3 months ago:
Smallpox?
- Comment on Performative Perp Walk 3 months ago:
Phoenix Joker got 3 rich people while Mangione allegedly only got 1. Phoenix Joker is 300% better.
