It should be a huge red flag to everyone that he seems to identify with the bad guys in stories. And yes, I include the aforementioned "imaginary friends."
Pretty terrible media literacy for a white supremacist to take inspiration from a story where a white man has the right to rule by virtue of his genetics and must defeat the dark-skinned hordes.
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gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2d
Man, all these tech bro defense companies all have with disturbingly religious or kinda overtly evil-adjacent (Palantir) overtones.
This is fine; I am fine with this.
😐
AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2d
Not sure where covenant is from exactly but Thiel has a hard-on for LoTR company names.
Flower@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2d
We'll see it as a sign evil can only corrupt existing names, it can't create new names.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2d
And the version regarding imaginary friends
Telorand@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 2d
It should be a huge red flag to everyone that he seems to identify with the bad guys in stories. And yes, I include the aforementioned "imaginary friends."
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2d
Pretty terrible media literacy for a white supremacist to take inspiration from a story where a white man has the right to rule by virtue of his genetics and must defeat the dark-skinned hordes.
Or something.
icantthinkofone@piefed.social · 6 pts · 2d
leeches have to go where the blood is
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2d
I'm curious how the pre-existing big players in the MIC would react to this. Perhaps just buy it. Low cost is fine, low price is not.