symbolic@infosec.pub to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoIt took 250 years to build what Trump is trying to undoedition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWrong. There was one thing truly exceptional about the USA: the best propaganda the world had ever seen. Certainly the most effective.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIt was always crazy to me when i met refugees who made it to Europe, that dreamed of eventually going to the US. This stupid myth that you can get stable work or even rich if you just work hard in the US has been believed for way too long.
minus-squareHighFructoseLowStand@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIs it possible that people driven out of their homes by war and disaster might understand the promise of America better than you?
minus-squareforrgott@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThe promise of America is, and always has been, a lie.
minus-squareHighFructoseLowStand@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIn no way does that answer my question.
minus-squareforrgott@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIs it possible I had no intention to answer your pointless question?
minus-squareHighFructoseLowStand@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYes. Which is part of my point.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoUnlikely, considering they are currently being demonized, deported, imprisoned and tortured by that same “America”.
Wrong. There was one thing truly exceptional about the USA: the best propaganda the world had ever seen. Certainly the most effective.
It was always crazy to me when i met refugees who made it to Europe, that dreamed of eventually going to the US. This stupid myth that you can get stable work or even rich if you just work hard in the US has been believed for way too long.
Is it possible that people driven out of their homes by war and disaster might understand the promise of America better than you?
The promise of America is, and always has been, a lie.
In no way does that answer my question.
Is it possible I had no intention to answer your pointless question?
Yes. Which is part of my point.
Unlikely, considering they are currently being demonized, deported, imprisoned and tortured by that same “America”.