Rational Self-Interest - eviltoast
  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    The leaders of both being self-interested megalomaniacs who desired control of all things around them.

    That’s easer to point out after the fact. I wouldn’t be surprised if the USSR was hitting all of their citizens with propaganda much like the US used to do with the “Land of the Free” saying

    • Zorque@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      They were, yes.

      See? Another similarity.

      It was definitely a reaction to living under an authoritarian regime. The problem was that the reaction wasn’t “I don’t want this to ever happen again”, it was “I want to be the one in charge”.

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          24 hours ago

          How to be an insufferable cunt in 1 easy step!

          How to dismiss a discussion you don’t like the direction of in one easy step!

          Do you have anything meaningful to add, or just want to call people names because they’re not immediately agreeing with everything you say?

          • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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            18 hours ago

            Do you have anything meaningful to add, or just want to call people names because they’re not immediately agreeing with everything you say?

            Says the guy that added snark into the conversation for absolutely no reason. If you want people to be civil to you then you should treat them in kind.