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[–] 37 points 1 day ago (7 children)

It happened with the America 250 celebration thing. Almost all of the musical acts dropped out when they learned how divisive and political it was. Pretty sure they were duped into thinking it was a bipartisan “celebration” of America or something.

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

    There was a video on it, maybe Legal Eagle? They covered that it had an independent group running it initially, and I think when the contracts were signed. Then they basically stripped all their powers and gave it to a different Trump appointed group to manage.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Wow, that’s even worse than I realized. They did a bait-and-switch because they knew they couldn’t sell the real plan.

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  • [+] -10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    i am honestly curious what you mean by "political" here.

    from my perspective, it's a celebration of america declaring independence 250 years ago and the continuance of it as a state in that tradition. i can't imagine anything more inherently political no matter who or what force is behind it. like, it's tautological. so what do you mean by it?

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  • [–] 13 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

    It’s a thing that should be considered bipartisan but because it was run solely by the current fascist admin, it was very much a lopsided shit show. It’s political regardless but the artists on the roster didn’t realize it was really just Nazi bullshit dressed up like it represents everyone.

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