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General Discussion Thread - Juche 115, Week 37 (thelemmy.club)
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Welcome again to everybody. Make yourselves at home. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is the weekly discussion thread.

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[–] 10 points 3 days ago* (6 children)

I was thinking recently, why didn't the US use the name "Axis of Resistance" as a propaganda tool against its enemies? I dunno like framing the fight as the Axis vs the Allies yet again (I haven't seen them doing that yet).

Aren't Amerikkkans crazy nostalgic for WWII? So framing this as another fight against another Axis could be useful. Then again, they might be too sympathetic to the Nazis to ever do that.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 days ago* (4 children)

    You must be pretty young - "Axis of Resistance" was a response to GW Bush referring to Iran and DPR Korea and other anti-zionist forces as an "Axis of Evil" in his infamous speech. So it literally is American propaganda flipped on its head. Also, the term "Axis" in reference to the losing side of WWII is itself kind of a misnomer. Those powers referred to themselves as the "Anti-Comintern Pact".

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  • [–] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

    Very interesting. And yeah I am. I was 4 years old when Obama became president lol. Thanks for the info on the axis of evil.

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