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Maybe they've always been Mordor (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

When did 'Murica, land of the free, abandon freedom for madness?

Oh, I got this one! Pick me, pick me!

Mexico, Samoa, Hawaii, Philippeans, Columbia, Hondurus, Cuba, Nicaragua, Mexico (again), Haiti, Dominican Republic, Russia, Greece, Costa Rica, Albania, Syria, Egypt, Guatemala, Iran, Syria (again), Indonesia, Iraq, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Cuba (again), Congo, Dominican Republic (again), Iraq (again), Guyana, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Angola, East Timor, Argentina, Afghanistan, Nicaragua (again), Granada, Panama, the USSR, Iraq (again again), Haiti (again), Yugoslavia, Afghanistan (again), Venezuela, Iraq (again again again), Haiti (again again), Palestine (continuously), Syria (again again), Libya, Bolivia (again), Venezuela (again)

[–] SourGumGum 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can't help but to sing along

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I gotta organize them to make them more singable sometime.

[–] FlyingSquid 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Murica, land of the free, was founded by people who owned slaves. While speaking about the evils of slavery.

So the madness was always there.

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[–] nomoredrama 4 points 1 day ago

It was right around the time he got shot and made that fake fist pump. Also when he started considering that scum bag - obama a friend.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The US is just Helldivers 2 in real life. A democracy managed by Elon Musk and people ready to die for „liberty“, „prosperity“ and „freedom“.

[–] Jackhammer_Joe 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Don't make me feel bad about my beloved Helldivers!

[–] Kurroth 2 points 1 day ago

Sorry to say most people don't get it or starship troopers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don’t feel bad. It’s not the devs fault that we live in a strange timeline

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

You do understand that Helldivers is a satire of America? This didn't change in 2024. The Helldivers yell about freedom and democracy while having zero meaningful freedom or political influence, and invading other places to steal their oil or murder them for being communists because that is what Americans do.

[–] darthelmet 17 points 2 days ago

We live in a country that was stolen then we stole some other people so they could do the work for us. Then conquering half a continent wasn’t good enough for us, so we went around ruining other places if they didn’t want to give us all their stuff. If people think we only recently crossed a line, I’d generously hope they were just ignorant because the alternative is horrific. Every piece of the past is a step that got us to where we are.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (24 children)

I’m starting to think the same thing, if you go over US foreign policy since WW2 it is almost like the mask is just coming off entirely now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

America did a lot of bad stuff, to put it mildly. This is definitely something else though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I agree, that’s what I mean by it just going mask off, there’s no pretending about a probable cause of higher moral path etc this time.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 3 days ago (14 children)

It's not analogy, it's allegory. It applies too well to the world.

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[–] Valmond 50 points 2 days ago (42 children)

Europe after stopping fighting the most brutal and effective wars for centuries:

You're sure you want us back? We'll be united this time too.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (15 children)

Murica was never free, has always been madness

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[–] LovableSidekick 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Legend says it started with Trump getting a dirty sanchez in a Moscow brothel.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago

I will draw you, Donald, as poison is drawn from a wound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzIjVKbxuec&t=128

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