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I would really rather that these were actual examples, and not conspiracy theories. We all have our own unsubstantiated ideas about what shadowy no-gooders are doing, but I'd rather hear about things that are actually happening.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Most of what people believe about America's history is post WWII mythmaking and revision. It's a shame because the labor movement in America has a fascinating history, and we're about to relive it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The shoot-outs are going to be 100x better this time

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Can't wait to be teabagged by a Boston Dynamics robo dog after it murders my whole family for paying my Amazon Prime 2 days late!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not even that. Politicians in even just the generation after Washington deified the framers of the Constitution, even when the remaining alive ones protested against it.