• DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 days ago

    You know what my favorite thing is with this systematic region destabilization led by Chinese/Russian state money? We Americans, as we are want to do, see ourselves at the forefront, but we forget England led the way first. This campaign got the fucking British to effectively dismantle themselves via brexit, wildly weakening both England and Europe. I’m not saying Sinclair broadcasting hasn’t done a bang up job here too, but England gets the First!

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      I really do wish we’d cotton on to it and stop pointing the guns inward. I’m getting a little tired of fighting for the basic fate of my country.

      Please, let this be the brief upheaval of the Principate followed by a period of stability and peace, not the long upheaval of the Crisis of the Third Century!

      • idiomaddict@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        I swear I do more than correct idioms, but I think you mean “cotton on,” which means to come to understand. To “cotton to” something is to come to like it. They’re bizarrely similar, so it’s easy to mistake.

      • DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        Have you ever read any Asimov? He modeled his whole Foundation series on the fall of the Roman empire. Impressively insightful extrapolations based on what, at times, feel like the decline of the West. That’s myopic, of course, as the whole intention of all this misinformation is to make us feel that way. At the end of the day, I know I got at least you and some fine lemmings here that see the whole picture.

        • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
          6·
          2 days ago

          I loved Asimov in high school! Not only did I devour his short stories and the Foundation series, but his histories of Rome as well! I haven’t read him in forever. I think I still have a book of his letters kicking around somewhere. He had such a pleasantly simple style for discussing very advanced concepts.

          And his commentaries on Shakespeare and the Bible.