ubergeek

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[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

To be fair, though: The US government isn't really all that keen on democracy, either.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 13 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

"And our tests have concluded, that this is, in fact, a lie."

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 11 points 17 hours ago

You mean how both China, and the US propagandize their citizens? Yeah, I'm fully aware of that already. All states will do it, as a system of control over the working class, in order to continue to exploit them.

I mean, if controlling the people wasn't the goal, whats the purpose of the oppression of a state?

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 7 points 18 hours ago

It's too bad the people of China aren't allowed to edit Wikipedia, and correct the facts, because of their oppressive state.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 57 points 18 hours ago (9 children)

People of the US and China are both unsure of what to believe about the other, because both are so propagandized lol

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

will we shun anyone who cares about furthering our rights to privacy, because they have other stances on other issues?

The Reich Wing doesn't want to further your rights to privacy. Their "other stances" are that some humans are sub-human, and deserve to be extinct.

So, yes, you shun the people who think some humans are sub-human.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 4 points 18 hours ago

We should accept to support a bill strengthening privacy even if it may come from a political party we generally do not support.

Nobody on the left, afaik, rejects bills out of hand, purely because of which party promulgates it... The problem is, while the American Reich talks a lot about worker's issues, the bills they propose are just oligarch hand outs, cloaked in socialist or populist ideas. ie, The PATRIOT Act was the least patriotic bill ever put forth, but NOBODY was allowed to be unPATRIOTic and vote against it. The left, opposed it. Same with the 1993 Crime Bill, put forth by Dems... Can't be "anti-crime" now can we?

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 3 points 18 hours ago

There are no single policies of the GOP that are "good" for anyone but oligarchs. Reich Wingers aren't your friends. And, if you believe them to be, you'll be one of the firsts in the Night of the Long Knives.

Jezus fucking christ, do people not read history anymore?

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 2 points 18 hours ago

There are no specific policies of the GOP, Trump, or the American Reich that are positive for anyone but oligarchs.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Impartial to evil is... Well, just evil.

If I walk past a person beheading 3 people who have done nothing wrong, and am able to in fact stop it, and don't... I'm just as fucking evil as the guy doing the beheading.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

So, we just believe that Proton, being buddy-buddy with Trump, isn't going to turn around, and stab us in the backs?

Call me "skeptical".

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