• MetalMachine@feddit.nl
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    Cut the crap on the “civilized” world farce. If there was any decency the israeli onslaught would be punished. Instead these countries stand by them and do nothing.

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      Civilised doesn’t have to mean flawless. The US is still a horribly barbaric country, and the weapons Israel use to commit genocide come from the US.

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      Many of the countries in question don’t have a military presence that could dwarf the others, nor an army that would willingly fight larger enemies for those morals.

      Obviously, I’m not including America in that statement.

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        You’re correct but there is much that can be done without military intervention. The least these nations could have done is a weapons embargo and sanctions. Many other diplomatic levers that can be used but aren’t.

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    5 hours ago

    The Olympics may be interesting, but they won’t be happening in the United States.

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      The next American Olympics is scheduled for Summer 2028. America, and the world, will be a much different place by then. I expect that we will have an Olympics of mostly authoritarian nations, and no Democratic nations.

      And there will be lots of ludicrous world records set, because they will fuck with the timings. These guys can’t do anything without cheating.

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        I wouldn’t be surprised if we had a Nero situation happen at the next Olympics.

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    My cousin was an Olympic sprinter and that couldn’t make me give a fuck about the Olympics. Honestly it just seems like another thing to distract families so they have something to talk about. Also, the committee is basically run by the mob. Hard pass.

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      It’s one of the few things where most of the world fights without anybody dying. We need way more things like the Olympics to remind us we are all part of the same species sharing a collective space ship Earth.

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    Come on come on carry on! This has potential. So it’s uncle… wotsisname? Uncle Scar? Uncle Sam? Uncle Scam? tricking Simba into going there right? What happens next? I’m intrigued

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      You’d think EU Simba wouldn’t need to be warned to not go towards fascism, but the way it’s been going lately…

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        The way it’s been going lately is that the US is the only country which chose Trump. Don’t worry about us, worry about yourself.

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          I mean, he wasn’t running anywhere else, so yeah. I do worry about other places, because while the US plunged head-first into fascism, far-right politicians are also gaining power all over the world. Just take care not to become like us!

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        Hmm perhaps

        ciiircle historicaaaal… Just like in aaalabaamaaa… Faaamily treeees … I don’t know I’ve never been musically gifted

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      If you think Canada is bad (and it sure is), you should see how the US treated its indiginous peoples.

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        WHAT? JUST BECAUSE WE ROUNDED THEM UP AND PUT THEM IN CAMPS WITH NO FOOD OR WATER WE’RE THE BAD GUY???

        we HAD to do that, we had HUNTED their primary FOOD SOURCE in to OBLIVION.

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          I mean if we’re going to discuss statements of fact we could also include Europe’s history of colonial exploitation. But I’m on board with just ribbing the US for now.

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              It may seem old to you because your privilege allows you to forget. Ask indigenous peoples if they have forgotten. You may be suprised by what you hear, when you take the time to listen.

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    “Civilized” is this context is a dog whistle for white. Anti-Arab and anti-indigenous beliefs are taking over both.

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      A few nights ago, I watched a classic film called “The Battle for Algiers”. The movie explored the French occupation of Algeria during the independence movement of the late 50s/early 60s.

      And let me tell you, “civilized” France was doing some curiously unciviled shit by the end.

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        I love the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ. Don’t know if there’s a movie of it.

        “These stupid primitives that we’ve denied sovereignty and exploited couldn’t possibly beat us with anti aircraft weapons!”

        Fuck all colonizers. Fuck the U.S. for getting involved after the Vietnamese thoroughly said, “no, we want to rule ourselves.”

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          Don’t know if there’s a movie of it.

          From the Wikipedia article:

          The battle was a subject in the 1992 French film Dien Bien Phu written and directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer, who had been present at the battle as a war cameramen.

          The beginning of the 1966 film Lost Command starring Anthony Quinn showed the battle towards its end. The film was adapted from the French novel Les Centurions written by French journalist and former soldier Jean Lartéguy.

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      I think you need to read the comic again.
      It’s calling the USA (white) uncivilized, and everywhere else (mostly not white) civilized.

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      Is it or did you just really want to use dog whistle in a sentence and rant about whites?

      The meme implies everywhere except the US is civilized so you screaming about racism is likely just brain rot.

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        Ah yes, using white as a noun, the hallmark of a sane and reasonable person.

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    I cannot fathom how maple MAGOT 51st staters haven’t looked up the price of insulin in the US vs Canada yet.

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      Consider all MAGAts cultists. You cannot fathom how fucked in the head they are. You could point this out, any logical person would see how crazy expensive insulin and other medication in the US Healthcare system is … but MAGAts have no logic whatsoever. They will just say its “fake news” or liberal propaganda.

      I am serious. You have to shut MAGA down. These bitches are crazy.

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    The football world championship is going to be in the US too. The goalies aren’t the only ones going to be shot at.