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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The Man in the High Castle TV Series, about an alternate universe where the axis powers won WW2 and invaded the USA. It's interesting to watch, even if its a very fucked up scenario.

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

WW2, vietnam, Israels genocide in Gaza, the invasion of Ukraine, desert storm, the iran-iraq war, pakistan vs India, china vs india... so many wars.. In a sense they are all the same war. Its humanity against the worst impulses of itself that always threaten to define all of us. The western rules based order was supposed to the antidote for that cycle or left-right swing and resource coveting, and now the technocrats, fascists, and centrists have tossed that on the floor and pissed on it in the name of their own cleverness. They never understood why they were in politics to begin with, beyond manipulating tactical events for some selfish douchebaggy structural advantage. Thats what Kissinger got wrong, and Biden too. Empty ends-justifies-the-means reasoning in leadership leads directly to fascism. Thats part of what the man in the high castle was supposed to illustrate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When you've oversimplified things to the point where you've become useless to anyone, you're not as clever as you think you are.