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[-] Fondots@lemmy.world 75 points 1 year ago

The Roman Historian Sallust once said "Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master"

I remember posting that quote on Facebook once probably about 12 years ago. An older guy I worked with at the time chimed in that he was one of the few and how important liberty was to him.

Few years later he was spewing Trump bullshit.

[-] effingjoe@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's to be expected for Christians (et al); a vast majority have been taught at a young age that the perfect society is one where a benevolent god makes all the decisions and you just shut up and do as you're told. It was never The People's Republic of Heaven; it's the Kingdom of Heaven.

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 61 points 1 year ago

America was founded as a dictatorship of Whiteness, but when Obama got elected they realized their power was under threat and became fascists.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I grow strong with each triggered conservative that downvotes this comment. Also, dope username

I will add that I don’t think that was a conscious reaction. We’ve decades of data showing that “overt” racism has been consistently declining, while “covert” racism has taken its place. That’s why you don’t see people saying “Obama was a bad president because he was black,” but they’ll complain about a tan suit.

[-] boem@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago

Rather than exist in a society where members of all ethnic groups have an opportunity for success, millions of American whites would approve of a dictatorship.

Ten million would restore Donald Trump to the presidency by force.

Recent polls show that Biden and Trump are tied in the presidential race even though Trump said he would suspend parts of the Constitution and construct an all-powerful executive branch with him as the head.

Ain't it funny, those obsessed with freedom are willing to let someone control them if it means they "win"

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago

Later, once the tyranny starts to affect them: "Why did the liberals do this to me?"

[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

LOL they'll eat a shit sandwich if they think a liberal has to smell it. Now we know they'll also wonder why the libs gave them a stomach ache after that sandwich.

[-] raltoid@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago

That's because they all think they are the special individual that will be given special treatment and that all the bad things will happen to groups they don't like.

Because they are stupid.

That's why we got the famous direct quote: "He's not hurting the right ones".

[-] Something_Complex@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry but can't we just put them in trains, and send them to their allocated "work camp "so they can see what it's like?

Not even for ever, just for a month or 2

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[-] Ret2libsanity@infosec.pub 33 points 1 year ago

What the actual fuck is the article even?

It actually refers to “the white controlled media”

Get this stupid opinion/ racist shit out of here and make a community that aligns with your agenda

[-] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

I think I agree with their central point, but the writing is terrible. Legitimately reads like the author forgot to take their ADHD medication before writing it.

[-] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Now taking bets: ESL or AI?

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Racist post-grad author. AI isn't nearly this obviously racist.

[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That endless Seinfeld episode that got taken down says otherwise

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

So that fact offends you to acknowledge? Or are you actually claiming that it isn't a fact even though it is?

[-] crystal@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

The wording implies that the heads of big media groups being white has (significant) impact on "the media [...] choosing ratings over democracy".

Corporations choosing profits above moral considerations is a significant component of capitalism. If a CEO chooses moral over profits they're a terrible CEO and will be replaced immediately.

So the author is taking a core component of capitalism (choosing profits over morals) and claims that it only exists because of the colour of skin of people in higher-up positions.

That's racist.

They take something negative (choosing profits) and blame it on people with a certain attribute (white skin), while that attribute has nothing to do with the negative.

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No. That's what you're making it about. What major media/news organization in the is not "white" owned/controlled. You're accusing them of being racist for pointing out that the lions share is controlled by groups that would classically be considered "white".

And no, morals are not incompatible with capitalism. If it were there wouldn't be all these religious exceptions etc. Morals are incompatible with authoritarianism like fascism.

[-] crystal@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

What's the point of pointing out that a lot of media is controlled by white people?

"Haha random fun fact did you know that the CEO's skin is pretty bright?" Why not talk about the CEO's hair colour? Because the point is not a random fun fact, the point is racism.

morals are not incompatible with capitalism

I never claimed they were. You can limit capitalism by enforcing morals through laws. But that's not a part of capitalism. It is a limit imposed on the natural imorality that comes with capitalism.

(By the way: I'm not anti capitalism, even if my tone may make it seem that way. I'm just focusing on this perhaps negative component of capitalism because it's relevant to the topic.)

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Pointing out racial disparities is not racism. No matter how much you perform your outrage. Saying that only white people are fit to really be CEOs would be racist. Pointing out that oddly most CEOs are white is not racist. Oh and by the way just to scare you with a boogeyman, CRT!

Oh and you literally said that if a CEO put morals over profits that they would be a bad CEO and replaced. Basically implying that morals are incompatible with capitalism.

By the way I am anti-capitalism in large scope. And I'm also against whiny little concern trolls.

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[-] yiliu@informis.land 2 points 1 year ago

Seriously, I had to scroll down this far to find this? Their evidence is that millions of people support Trump, and Trump wants to be a dictator, ergo millions of people want a dictatorship. Sorry, not people: "whites".

So first, fuck Donald Trump. But while he's certainly said some wild shit, and I do believe that in his heart he would love to be a dictator, I'm pretty sure he's never said anything out loud like "I want to be a dictator". I'm sure a certain number of his fans would be happy to have him as Dear Leader, but most of them want him as President. And, just as many while people voted against Trump as for him, and a significant percentage of the country can't stand the fucker.

Meanwhile, Trump has been growing more popular with non-whites.

This article reads like a hit piece on "white people" by a 14-year-old.

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Millions of Americans are stupid and don’t know how to use their brain. These are the same idiots who drive around town in a truck flailing a trump flag. These are the same morons that drive a Tesla because they think Elon is awesome.

Ya I don’t listen to those people.

[-] tacosplease@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Empty barrels make the most noise

[-] cheeseblintzes@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Those millions of Americans have terrible opinions.

[-] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

The USA votes it's president in with the Electoral College. Every poll talking about "voters ... tie ... blah ....blah ...blah" doesn't mean shit, cause the voters don't get to pick the president. Their representatives do. And guess what, their representatives don't have to represent them. They can vote however they want. They can even get elected and then switch parties to the bad guys team. Also, fuck the GOP.

[-] GiddyGap@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Fun fact: As of 2023, the 2004 general election between Bush and Kerry is the only Presidential election since 1988 where Republicans have won the popular vote.

Yay for American democracy.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

In 200 odd years there's been something like 1 case of a faithless elector. For all intents and purposes it's a filtered general vote. The electors just carry out their district/state's will.

[-] visak@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That's not the issue so much as the "rounding" in the way electoral college votes are distributed. Plus states that do "winner take all". It has the effect of skewing the results away from being proportional to the popular vote.

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[-] MrTulip@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

That would be true if electoral votes were proportional to states' populations. As it is now, your vote counts (I think) six times more if you live in Wyoming vs if you live in California.

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[-] BillDaCatt@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

Millions of Americans don't understand the difference between a computer virus and a biological virus. Dumb people want dumb things.

[-] Saneless@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

They also think that if you eat fat it, without any transformation whatsoever, gets deposited in your body as the same fat

And they think fiber actually scrapes their blood vessels

People are just so dumb

[-] HowMany@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

Millions of Americans apparently have the collective IQ of grey paint.

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[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

But point it out and they'll never stop whining about it.

[-] ARealDinosaur@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

"Rage, rage against the dying of your privilege"

[-] NoGoodDevGuy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

They would practice not voting then

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