Rookwood

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[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's not brainrot. NBC's headline says it was her service weapon.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Your source is incredibly biased to take as fact at face value.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fascists hate each other just as much as they hate everyone else. It's why fascism never lasts.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 3 months ago

It's just cop logic. They really do see it as them vs. the general public. That's the reason ACAB.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

Or capitalism is exploitative. Always has been

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

I agree. I was just providing a cultural perspective as to why this would be such a big deal for them.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 3 months ago (28 children)

I knew a girl from China and this is a huge insult to them. Being seen or labeled as rural is very embarrassing in their culture. She was ashamed because she grew up on her uncle's pig farm.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

We basically have no ground so any ground is vital and necessary to gain.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

Yes, it's why when you meet a fascist in the wild or online they will always counterargument with trolling and non-sequitur nonsense. Fascism cannot survive sincerity.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

We've been listed as a flawed democracy by the Economic Democracy Index for a decade, so it's been a while since it's been purported as well.

Not sure why I was so vague in my original comment. The moment US democracy died was Citizens United.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

US hasn't been a bastion of democracy since the fall of the USSR. Probably wasn't before then.

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 3 months ago (9 children)

We have a national narcissism crisis.

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