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[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 66 points 4 days ago

That’s not even how that meme format works

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago

Wait im so confused by this. How do they think it works? I know how it works but can't figure out how they think it works.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 50 points 4 days ago

amerikkka: Congratulations Puerto Rico, we have defeated the vile Spanish and freed you from their vile tyranny!

anakin-padme-2: So we're free to be an independent nation right?

amerikkka: anakin-padme-3

[-] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Funny how you can replace Puerto Rico and Spanish with other examples and it still works

[-] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 49 points 4 days ago

Also: don’t look at Iraq or Afghanistan or Syria or anywhere where America has waged war, because you won’t see a prosperous trading partner.

[-] halykthered@lemmy.ml 33 points 4 days ago

If you look closely enough, you just might see a military base or two.

[-] Cowbee@hexbear.net 41 points 4 days ago

If you believe in something hard enough, it becomes real, right? Isn't that that whole Idealism thing we are trying to harness? yeah-buddy

[-] Rom@hexbear.net 35 points 4 days ago

Reminder that two thirds of developing nations have been sanctioned by the United States.

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 19 points 4 days ago

Though not the entire country in a lot of those cases, but officials or other individuals within those countries, so it's not exactly true.

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 14 points 4 days ago

Remember that "targeted sanctions" don't exist. When a leader or industry in a country is sanctioned, that sanction applies to the whole supply chain.

"Targeted sanctions" are about as harmless as pulling just a single link out of a bike chain.

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago

I'm just saying it's not the whole country, not that it isn't harmful or even that it doesn't impact a lot of the country (and its trading partners)

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 34 points 4 days ago

Pure fucking projection.

Every liberal a fascist

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 33 points 4 days ago

JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJ

[-] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 23 points 4 days ago

Oh no, you're doing better than us economically? Time for a backstabbing!

[-] TheLastHero@hexbear.net 16 points 4 days ago

What country has the PRC defeated and turned into a tributary exactly? Not Tibet, Vietnam, India or Korea, and that's all I can think of for military conflicts. Only one of these flags pursues foreign conquest. Does the stupid meme maker think China is still run by the Ming Dynasty? Or is being a tributary when you sign voluntary trade agreements that disadvantage western powers?

[-] bazingabrain@hexbear.net 19 points 4 days ago

i am going to lose my mind.

[-] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago

Tributary state like Zheng He was still running around lol

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