• zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    3 years ago

    We privatized the MIC to such a degree that it isn't even a "War with China" we're gearing up for. It's another wave of post-9/11 paranoia that can justify enriching the assholes who profiteer.

    We're going to send aircraft carriers out into the South Pacific to do donuts and fire rockets into the air while CNN does another six weeks of "Shock and Awe!" coverage. If you don't cheer loud enough, you'll be booted off the airwaves and banned from social media. And then we'll cancel Social Security to pay for another salvo.

    • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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      3 years ago

      Nah, we are increasingly in a Britain pre-WW1 situation. Lots of middle-class fancylads with no skills and nothing for them to do all day, and the imperial profits aren't big enough to just pay them to push paper.