• BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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    A bunch of little Hitlers at the “local” level were given the power they have always dreamed of, with zero accountability, so they are throwing their weight around trying to show everyone how big their dicks are to impress their new god-king.

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    Ask Putin why he imprisoned US citizens on a pretext after his invasion of Ukraine. The reasons are the same.

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      No. It’s because the society in the US is turning nazi. Laws don’t mean shit if there’s no one out there to enforce them.

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      Weirdly enough they moved past racism to be equal opportunity evil. Part of the reason people are finally paying attention is that they started disappearing blue eyed blonde Brits and Germans.

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        “Weirdly enough they moved past racism”

        Would that be considered progress? someone should tell them they hate progress.

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    Greasing the wheels of oppression with an identified “other” group before turning it against the rest of the American populace

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    Cult-like nationalism encouraged by a lifetime of propaganda over multiple generations and general isolationism (people who have never left their home town)