• ComradeSharkfucker
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    8 days ago

    So funny he says this as if it wasn’t always that way. I can’t tell if these people know the history of this country and are lying through their teeth or if they are genuinely just ignorant

    • isles@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      3rd option could be he realized most people bought the propaganda and he’d convince more people if he indicated it changed along the way. “We were a democracy but now we’re not” is a shorter bridge to walk than “everything you’ve learned about the US isn’t correct”

    • alphanerd4@lemmy.worldOPM
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      8 days ago

      Hey I mean I fully agree with the sentiment you present and I run a space called USAuthoritarianism about it :/