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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Starship Troopers taught me one of the most important lessons I've ever learned: I am not immune to propaganda

Definitely understood that it was satire, but the idea of unifying to fight against a common enemy hits me in ways that I need to understand and account for

[–] Zink@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

the idea of unifying to fight against a common enemy hits me

Organized cooperation is basically one of the human superpowers though, so it's hard to hold that against you.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yup! It just becomes a problem when the common enemy is another group of sapient beings (even worse when they're humans) instead of things like climate change or starvation