Sadaam was a bastard, but at least that country had free healthcare, education, and a near perfect literacy rate.
Sadaam's Iraq also didn't have Humvee's rolling around, because your conception of Iraq comes from the US occupation. But the reason the US today looks like the occupation of Iraq, is because the Imperial Boomerang has come back around:
The Imperial boomerang, or the colonial boomerang, is the theory that governments that develop repressive techniques to enforce imperialism or control colonial territories will eventually deploy those same techniques domestically against their own citizens.
Someone should go ask sadam how it went for him. He's probably enjoying painting classes and late night massages. I hardly ever hear about that guy anymore.
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Insekticus@aussie.zone · 34 pts · 10d
The Trumps never learned you can't buy class.
kewjo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 10d
i thought that's why the white house looks like a senile Versailles now.
SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml · 31 pts · 10d
Sadaam was a bastard, but at least that country had free healthcare, education, and a near perfect literacy rate.
Sadaam's Iraq also didn't have Humvee's rolling around, because your conception of Iraq comes from the US occupation. But the reason the US today looks like the occupation of Iraq, is because the Imperial Boomerang has come back around:
Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 9d
I really wish the only example given on Wikipedia wasn't the United States.
DakRalter@thelemmy.club · 20 pts · 10d
We even have a trump version of the Saddam Hussein grave meme now!
Wispy2891@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 10d
I assumed that was just a random unrelated meme, then read that he was actually hidden in a food cart...
djsiete@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 10d
Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 10d
"What are we, some kind of asians?!"
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 10d
Well at least we don't have golden toilet bowls in the Palace... Right?
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 10d
Bit of green off to the left, yeah? Fuck me I remember pictures of Baghdad from before the u.s. invasion
altphoto@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 9d
Someone should go ask sadam how it went for him. He's probably enjoying painting classes and late night massages. I hardly ever hear about that guy anymore.