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[–] honeynut@lemm.ee 71 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The whole "Manifest Destiny is innocent because colonialism is just human nature" is very popular with Amerikkkans. I've heard this same shit from grade school to the workplace.

They fucking love essentializing their national crimes as products of evolutionary behavior so they can pat themselves on the back for "overcoming" their "natural" urges while being flabbergasted about the oppressed for wanting accountability from the still existing regime that perpetrated it (and still is!).

[–] PosadistInevitablity@hexbear.net 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The US is what would happen if Nazi Germany survived for over 200 years.

We have the same continuous government that did ALL of those things. There has NEVER been a cleaning of house.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There has NEVER been a cleaning of house.

There will be.

[–] Finger@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Commiejones@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

No more half measures Walter

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

No morwa half measures Waltah

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

human nature is when you act like an american, and the more american you act, the more human you are

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ha ha psych a row of american bodies 1,111,111 miles long no mercy for the yankee dog