• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I asked the Anti-Duckification League and they say he’s a swan. You’re misconstruing things and frankly we find it a bit weird that you’d read so far into such a banal hand gesture.

      Now, if you’ll excuse me, we need to get back to our primary goal of making the use of the phrase “From the River, To The Sea” a capital crime.

    • The Menemen@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      Do you mean that Iran (translates to the land of the Aryans) should govern the USA? Or do you hint towards the Nazi race theories? But I thinkt the only Trump child that could be considered “Nazi approved Aryan” is Tiffany Trump, the others are all half slavic and thus considered sub-humans.

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The real excuse from Elons fans is “It’s just a joke.” Or “He’s trolling libs.”

    Which is almost as bad, even if true.

    It reminds me of school bullies that would make cutting, abusive “jokes” and follow it up with “Just kidding, bruh” if it doesn’t land right. And these are some of the worst human beings I have ever personally encountered.

    How can people worship something like that at such scale? Like, I wouldn’t even wish that on the most raging Nazi, it’s worse than breaking their jaw.

  • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 months ago

    At first I thought it was blown out of proportion, too. After watching the video, I can only say that if he did that in Germany, he would have been arrested on stage. Let’s see what topic-relatedly, profoundly knowledgeable Benito Mussolini, allegedly, had to say:

    “Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.”

    Ah, ok, thanks Benito! Enjoy your fascism that you voted for, America. I hope those egg prices will go down (they won’t).

    • 1984@lemmy.today
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      3 months ago

      Maybe arrested and then let go without any consequences. These guys are too rich to have proper punishments.

    • SkavarSharraddas@gehirneimer.de
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      3 months ago

      I hope those egg prices will go down (they won’t).

      They might, since deregulation is another of Trump’s plans. Then the producers can save money by not bothering to keep dangerous substances out of the food, or the water, or the air… and pass those “savings” on to the consumers.

      • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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        3 months ago

        and pass those “savings” on to the consumers.

        More likely that they pocket those savings for extra profit and the prices stay the same.

        • Grapho@lemmy.ml
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          3 months ago

          These fucking dorks obsess over the fall of the Roman empire but they’re so full of American chauvinism (they’ve grown around the mythology of a settler state after all) that they can’t go “ah, fuck, it was the rich people who killed it”, they blame the barbarians iNvAdInG.

          Absolute brainrot.

        • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Swear to god, if Covid-25 gets me I’m coming back to haunt motherfuckers

        • Feydaikin@beehaw.org
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          3 months ago

          Then all the fast-food places can buy the dead chickens for cheap and again pass the savings on to the soon to very ill consumer. Glorious plan!

      • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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        3 months ago

        If you don’t need to look for Avian flu, or stop selling eggs from sick Chickens, then cost savings can be passed on to customers, and no one will notice increased healthcare costs/deaths. Cheap eggs y’all.

  • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    1932 was a pivotal year in the Nazis’ ascent. It’s a terrifying parallel for today

    Leading Civil Rights Lawyer Shows 20 Ways Trump Is Copying Hitler’s Early Rhetoric and Policies

    Here’s the list from that second article. Article goes into detail for each.

    1. Neither was elected by a majority. (not relevant now this was 2019)

    2. Both found direct communication channels to their base.

    3. Both blame others and divide on racial lines.

    4. Both relentlessly demonize opponents.

    5. They unceasingly attack objective truth.

    6. They relentlessly attack mainstream media.

    7. Their attacks on truth include science.

    8. Their lies blur reality–and supporters spread them.

    9. Both orchestrated mass rallies to show status.

    10. They embrace extreme nationalism.

    11. Both made closing borders a centerpiece.

    12. They embraced mass detention and deportations.

    13. Both used borders to protect selected industries.

    14. They cemented their rule by enriching elites.

    15. Both rejected international norms.

    16. They attack domestic democratic processes.

    17. Both attack the judiciary and rule of law.

    18. Both glorify the military and demand loyalty oaths.

    19. They proclaim unchecked power.

    20. Both relegate women to subordinate roles.

  • Internetexplorer@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    You know what’s worse than a guy waving his arm around?

    Women and children actually being murdered in Gaza.

    It’s funny that this gets so much outrage but the genocide in Gaza isn’t causing as much hysteria.

  • ngn@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    i think in a logical society it would have been the other way around (second image would be the first)

  • MisterFrog@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’ve tried to imagine how I would gesture ‘my heart goes out to you’ vibes. In no world can I imagine a down-turned, flat palm, fingers straight and all together at about 45° (Nazi salute).

    Like, if you were to give some one something (your metaphorical heart) you’d hand it over palm up. Or if you’re metaphorically distributing it like sewing seeds you would again, throw it out, palm up, hands slightly closed. Or if you’re throwing it like sand, you would have your fingers apart by the end of the throw.

    In no world, does this make any sense other being a Nazi salute.

    Or he’s the most awkward, weird dude in history. That is also, true, but given his other behaviour, I dunno how this could be read in any other way.

    • ours@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Racist “dog-wistling” is dead. This guy does two successive straight-up Nazi salutes after supporting right-wing politics in the USA and Germany and mainstream media still goes “hum, I’m not sure, maybe he’s sharing his heart”?

      What’s next? “Oh no, it’s not a swastica flying over the capitol, it’s just 4 'F’s in a circle”.

  • logos@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    “Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”

    ― Jean-Paul Sartre

    • Banana@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      You could absolutely just replace anti-semites here with fascists, to encompass all the other minorities they intend to oppress

  • far_university190@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 months ago

    𝕯𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝕶𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖐𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖓𝖚𝖓 𝕰𝖎𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖚𝖒 𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝕭𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖗𝖊𝖕𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖐 𝕯𝖊𝖚𝖙𝖘𝖈𝖍𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉

    Diese Besitznotiz gilt nicht für Elon Musk. Den könnt ihr gerne behalten, wir brauchen keinen zweiten Höcke der zusätzlich noch viel zu viel Geld hat.

  • Atlas_@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Ok, so imagine that you’re a billionaire and a really smart dude (as claimed by so many people on the internet). And you get into government and appear on TV and want to look good. You might hire a publicist, a PR team, some speechwriters, hell how about a body language consultant. When you go on TV you’re going to project exactly the image you intend to. Anything less would be careless and stupid, right?

    So yeah. This was a Nazi salute. And if you really want to argue that it wasn’t, that Musk doesn’t even know what a Nazi is, you gotta also accept that he’s grossly incompetent and should not be in government at all. Throw him out, we didn’t vote for him.

    • Grapho@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      What a fucking clown show of a state lmao. An empire in such steep decline that even the oligarchs and the politicians are incompetent.

    • Ronno@feddit.nlEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I know you’re joking, but I still struggle to see how that makes things better? We have evidence that the Romans also committed genocide.

      • AlolanYoda@mander.xyz
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        3 months ago

        The nazis modeled a lot of their Reich on the Roman state (the eagle iconography was used by both). The Roman salute was just something else they took from their idea of the Roman empire

        So I’m with you, I have no idea how “it’s a roman salute” is supposed to make anything better