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To any younger people here wondering what the propaganda was like during the War on Terror, it was very similar to the shit happening now. Brace yourself. (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Dort_Owl@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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This is going to suck. Hard. I was just a kid when the War on Terror happened, but what I do remember is that even though tons of people were protesting Bush, calling him Hitler, etc, it did nothing. The imperialism went ahead anyway and the pro-imperialist propaganda machine was just as loud as the protesters.

You're going to feel very alone in a very wild world (if you don't already, its already been pretty wild) because it's going to ramp up.

I beg you to know you aren't alone, stay strong. At least this time, the US isn't at it peak power like it was back then. Maybe we can do something about it, but we're going to have to remember what didn't work last time. We have to learn from the past and adjust.

You aren't alone, and you aren't crazy.

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[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for saying it way better than I could. I shouldn't have got so carried away thinking it would be just like last time.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're not getting that golden goose again. They milked it too hard. I am mixing animal metaphors. Online is also online. Im Canadian so sentiment varies but the most normal people ever at my work think this is disgusting and dont buy that Maduro was a drug exporter and the acts of piracy leading to this were anything less thsn crimes against humanity too. The vibe isnt the same...it's a different bad vibe and weirder bad vibe. Its a desperate empire in decline vibe, a grasping at straws vibe, anything goes cause that's what they have left vibes. It's not a great sign for america when this is how power is projected in contrast to post 9/11. It'll still happen, it's just gonna feel different.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're not getting that golden goose again.

There's soon going to be a lot of pissed off Azov boys that could find themselves in possession of materials necessary to, as kids might say, run it back, should a certain intelligence agency launder them the funds and set up other necessary pieces. Watch this space.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like, they would attack America? Not say...Russia?

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, I mean terrorism in Europe as blowback from giving them all weapons. Probably in Russia too, I guess, but that's not exactly blowback.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

Oh, yeah. Fully agree there