• Fedizen@lemmy.world
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    Reminder that Bannon plead guilty for fraud because he created a fake “build the wall group” that asked for donations to build a racist wall. Bannon instead pocketed the money using it to live in lavish luxury.

    Dude is opposed to schools because he needs more people to fleece.

    If you want him to succumb to alcoholism faster send him whiskey. Preferably made in mexico to keep his blood pressure up.

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    Yeah that’s right and so should libraries and fire stations and grocery stores just to be on the safe side!!!

    S/

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    What a great talking point from Mr. “Flood the Zone”. Let’s all focus on that instead of the Epstein files!

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    I agree; if nobody could read, none of us would have to read the stupid shit this moron says and we would all be better for it

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    Was wondering when they were going to start closing down universities for being “communist”. Looks like we’re heading to that stage now.

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      Given that their distractions have increasingly become as destructive if not even moreso than the thing they’re distracting from, it’s possible.

      More likely that’s it’s just culture war bombast designed to reinforce the whole “everyone except us are evil and dangerous” groupthink that they’re using for cohesion, though, IMO.

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        I consider that culture war bombast to also be distraction so people don’t fight back against them billionaires.

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          Well yeah. That’s what I mean by ensuring cohesion: make them think that every vulnerable and persecuted population group is destroying their lives so that they don’t notice that the least vulnerable and most privileged of all people are the ones ACTUALLY doing so.

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      When I was young, an age ago, the word terrorist had a specific meaning, which was someone committing shocking acts to strike fear and hysteria into the general public and thereby influence society and policy.

      Then 9/11 happened and although the 19 attackers were most definitely terrorists by the old definition, somehow the definition drifted until it meant “inhuman opponent against whom we are justified to suspend the rules and respond in any way we want to.”

      Ironically, this usage itself is designed to inspire fear and keep people from looking too closely at what’s happening. “Oh no! Terrorists! Fine! Just kill them! Keep us safe!” Using people’s fear to justify whatever our military and government want to do comes ominously close to the old definition of terrorism.

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        It’s amazing how much damage Bin Laden did to America by killing what traffic does in a few weeks (or toddlers with guns in a decade). Trillions in debt, scared shitless and divided like never before.

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        Brits have been using it that way for centuries. Go dig through papers from the 1800s, you’ll find them describing anyone resisting their colonialism as “terrorists”. Legally, the US is working from the exact same definition that British common law uses.

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          That makes sense, since, as far as i can tell, the U.S. seems to be a modern hybrid of the British empire which spawned it and the German war machine it assimilated into itself about 80 years ago.

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    Private and public? So just schools in general? Or is home schooling ok? Oh, but I’m sure you want some books burned first.

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    I remember growing up that everyone knew what Marxism is and had a thoroughly developed class consciousness. Everyone was capable of developing a critique of capital. He might be onto something. It explains why America has such strong labor, free universal healthcare, and no bourgeoisie.

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    Steve Bannon need his throat chakra realigned. No more talking from him will be just fine. If I can smell him from wherever I am, I will make some soup later on. Again, I say If I can smell him from wherever I am, I am making some soup. It is getting near sweater & soup season.