[-] Spike@hexbear.net 41 points 5 months ago

More historical dramas about elite and wealthy emperors it is

[-] Spike@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

lathe-of-heaven Trump invades Canada, takes over the big cities. Dems in 2028 run on freeing Canada, win, then don't follow through saying they needed more votes. Republican wins 2032 and finishes taking over the rest of Canada.

[-] Spike@hexbear.net 37 points 2 years ago

considering who I am

hillary ?

[-] Spike@hexbear.net 41 points 2 years ago

They achieved "China before communism"

[-] Spike@hexbear.net 37 points 2 years ago

Trump has a long history of appreciating the looks of men

[-] Spike@hexbear.net 39 points 2 years ago

"im not gay! im not gay!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob

[-] Spike@hexbear.net 43 points 2 years ago

This is a human with no thoughts of their own

[-] Spike@hexbear.net 39 points 2 years ago

So any nation should be allowed to invade another and face no consequences?

What is the USA?

[-] Spike@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago

Very dry, looks like he's lost his source of wetness

[-] Spike@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago

During the cold war, the anticommunist ideological framework could transform any data about existing communist societies into hostile evidence. If the Soviets refused to negotiate a point, they were intransigent and belligerent; if they appeared willing to make concessions, this was but a skillful ploy to put us off our guard. By opposing arms limitations, they would have demonstrated their aggressive intent; but when in fact they supported most armament treaties, it was because they were mendacious and manipulative. If the churches in the USSR were empty, this demonstrated that religion was suppressed; but if the churches were full, this meant the people were rejecting the regime's atheistic ideology. If the workers went on strike (as happened on infrequent occasions), this was evidence of their alienation from the collectivist system; if they didn't go on strike, this was because they were intimidated and lacked freedom. A scarcity of consumer goods demonstrated the failure of the economic system; an improvement in consumer supplies meant only that the leaders were attempting to placate a restive population and so maintain a firmer hold over them.

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