• Deestan@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    As a european it’s always been fucking WERID how americans panic and reach for their guns at the mention of socialism.

    • AdmiralShat@programming.dev
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      2 years ago

      I mean

      There was this whole thing called the Soviet Union then there was like a missile crisis

      And there was like a group that called themselves National Socialists and they did a genocide and tried to take over a bunch of land by force

      We also had to fight a bunch of talking trees that dug tunnels because military industrial complex and heroin

      It’s definitely many layers of propaganda but as an American I definitely understand WHERE it comes from, I understand why most people here flinch at the word.

      You also gotta understand we had multiple generations in a row huffing lead gasoline so while younger millennials aren’t impacted as bad, MOST Americans are legitimately lead brained.