• HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world
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    I know in many ways this is an attempt to brainwash folks into ultranationalism, however I also believe its more so an attempt at a “gotchya” that doesn’t work anymore.

    I remember when they started forcing us in highschool to do the pledge every day, and anyone who opposed it was being chastised as an anti-American and “ungrateful to the brave soldiers who fought for our ‘right’ to pledge”.

    I don’t think these stupid assholes are gonna have that same “gotchya” anymore. I think more people than ever agree the ultranationalism in the US is cringe, fascist and based in lies.

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      I did the pledge of allegiance in elementary school. You just did it. It was unthinkable not to. Then they stopped with that bullshit.

      Then I learned they changed the pledge to add the under god part and that was the moment I realized it had all been bullshit propaganda.

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    I do not pledge allegiance to a fascist country. I haven’t placed my hand over my heart in 10 years. I would sooner burn the flag than pledge.

    I have also instructed my children to no longer pledge either.

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      I still cannot believe how stupid they must think everyone else is to have posted that nonsense he posted about net neutrality. Ajit is still an asshole.

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      At least his stupid coffee mug was relatable. I literally can’t think of another FCC chair.

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        Tom Wheeler was FCC chair under Obama. He was a VC and telecom industry lobbyist, so obviously he’s going full regulatory capture and letting the industry squeeze us dry right? Turns out he changes his mind, rules in favor of Title II, and ushers in Net Neutrality in the US. Crazy stuff.

        Ten years later the Roberts Supreme Court comes through and undoes all of it. Because fucking of course they did.

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        I remember seeing a sketch some number of years ago about a time travler warning his past self about Betsy DeVos and the past version was shocked that things got bad enough that he knew who the secretary of education was.

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          Fuckin-A man… I’ve never known who the secretary of HHS was, this is the second dept of Education secretary I’ve know the name of (the first was DeVos).

          You don’t normally hear about the competent ones…

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        I mean I’m sure they’re not untouchable. Also who’s our Serena Joy? Melania?

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    Hahahaha no.

    This is how you force secularity on the population. I think they don’t have as much support as they think they have. Most people don’t want their weird paedophilic religion.

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      Project 2025 was highly unpopular. People just didn’t inform themselves before voting. I know people who voted for Trump who started freaking out about Project 2025. And I am here like “it was public, they didn’t even try to hide it.”

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        In their mildest defense knowledge existing doesn’t mean it’s accessiblity is known, if you don’t know you should even be looking for a threat how could you possibly react to it? This is honestly the true threat of the right wing media bubble as a whole, it silences outside information with BS culture war, xenophobia, and generally inane slop. This is why I firmly think if you want to break the right ya need to remove their talking heads.

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    There’s only one pro-american program i’d like to see.

    Stay tuned for the seasonal finale of We Got The Guillotine, where someone very famous will shit himself on camera for the last time!