• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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      3 days ago

      They have been taken out over and over.

      But democracy demands we let them try.

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      I think we are too far gone… If you can’t do it with all the free weapons you have on hand, how do you think it’s going to work in Europe? America and the rest of the world is equally screwed. Maybe some 3rd world countries will be fine as they have greater issues than “some” privacy concerns:)

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          Ah thanks for another interpretation. I often suck at this in text, so can I ask what makes you think that? I’m not doubting you, just trying to learn.

          Is it the interrobang?

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            It’s the identification as an american. Americans just assume everyone knows they’re american, so it stands out as an obvious extremifier to point out its satirical nature.

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            It’s… More of an art than a science.

            It’s just a fairly common thing people say online about Americans. The comment in question says the exact same thing about Europeans AND specifies they’re an American. Classic turnabout IMO.

            Of course if you’re not terminally online you might just not get the reference

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      They have put down roots in the Brussels bureaucracy. Authoritarian theories are now dominant over democratic ones there. To weed them out, it would be necessary to elect leftist leaders who radically prefer leftist civil servants throughout Europe, which is now farther away from realisation than it has been for decades.