Taliban Members Fed Up With Office Work, Ready to Quiet Quit
time.com
A new report says some jihadists who transitioned to desk jobs after the Taliban’s takeover are tired of the 9-to-5.

Time magazine: “we don’t know how yet, but we’re gonna find a way to link the rise of fascism and avocado toast”

  • stolid_agnosticEnglish
    21·
    10 months ago

    I mean, isn’t this like people predicting the year 2000 from the year 1920 and people in 2020 making fun of that being wrong? In neither situation could the future be predicted.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Him and his Mujahideen were awful religious zealots back then too. That was just ignored due to the “enemy of my enemy is my friend and thus a hero” principle that the US have consistently applied to some of the biggest monsters in history.

      • stolid_agnosticEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        Well Ronald Reagan created the Taliban so that all checks out.

          • stolid_agnosticEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            Is it? He funded them in Pakistan because the USSR was in Afghanistan and it was fine to fund terrorists as long as they attacked your enemy. They just didn’t foresee it coming back to hurt us.