[CW: Sinophobia, Islamophobia, Russophobia, Red Scare] Oh cool, a book store! I wonder if they have any good theory in the politics sectio-... oh ... (hexbear.net)

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Oh... yea

SNEAKY CHINESE COMMUNISTS EXPOSED

Is there a word for when the world becomes what used to be satire? I remember when The Red Scare of the fifties was made fun of as ridiculous hysteria (Hank Hills dad, Fallout and Harvester come to mind off the top of my head of jokes the 90s' used to make about The Red Scare), and here we are repeating the mistakes that we used to shame the past for.

Vidya game was right, war never changes

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[-] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 73 points 6 months ago

[-] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I go to so many second hand book stores and this is completely dead on, to the extent I want to carry one at all times, just to put on shelves whenever I see the sorts of book it's mocking.

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