They are playing Civilization with spy units. All the direct armies in the world don't matter if the damage is being done by like 50 people and a bunch of bot accounts.
And Buckley and his ilk before that. That’s where fusionism came from. Prior to that you sort of had two distinct conservative movements in the US, one fiscally conservative (libertarian) and one socially conservative (traditionalist). In the 60s they started to merge in to the new right. Sort of came to a head with Jerry Falwell throwing in his lot with Reagan.
The US has always been problematic in one way or another, and the seeds for the rise of fascism were planted during the Clinton era by Newt Gingrich and crew. It was definitely the exploitation of the tragedy of 9/11 that gave them carte blanche to really start pointing their powers inward. The Patriot Act, the creation of DHS, moving immigration enforcement from the DOJ, with its rules and procedures, to DHS and its complete lackmof accountability. The list goes on.
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Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 186d
Love the meme, but at least Sauron was a genuine threat. Russia's purchasing power is eclipsed by Europe and the US more than tenfold. It's an embarrasment that we simply don't out-spend Russia's weapon-manufacturing capabilities to properly bolster Ukraine's defense.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 186d
Russia's threat is their intelligence and manipulation network. They literally took over our country and baiting and funding a moron.
barzaria@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 186d
They are playing Civilization with spy units. All the direct armies in the world don't matter if the damage is being done by like 50 people and a bunch of bot accounts.
1dalm@lemmings.world · 18 pts · 186d
It was a long winding road to get here, but the answer is racism.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 186d
~ 2001-09-11
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 186d
No, I think Reagan was before that?
thunderfist@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 186d
And Buckley and his ilk before that. That’s where fusionism came from. Prior to that you sort of had two distinct conservative movements in the US, one fiscally conservative (libertarian) and one socially conservative (traditionalist). In the 60s they started to merge in to the new right. Sort of came to a head with Jerry Falwell throwing in his lot with Reagan.
MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 186d
I'd say at Plymouth rock. The Native Americans would have done so much good for the world with their culture and ideals.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 186d
The US has always been problematic in one way or another, and the seeds for the rise of fascism were planted during the Clinton era by Newt Gingrich and crew. It was definitely the exploitation of the tragedy of 9/11 that gave them carte blanche to really start pointing their powers inward. The Patriot Act, the creation of DHS, moving immigration enforcement from the DOJ, with its rules and procedures, to DHS and its complete lackmof accountability. The list goes on.
Vesiiiii@nord.pub · 4 pts · 186d
federalise. this will save us, our Union.
eatCasserole@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 186d
1776?
trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 184d
A country founded by slave owning tax dodgers with the "ideals" of those slave owning tax dodgers enshrined in its constitution can only be so free.
eatCasserole@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 181d
Exactly.