Don’t forget, some of us live in developing countries where access to healthcare might not be universal, like the United States.

Frankly I’m kinda amazed that apparently most people thought that was really her spamming everyone.

We don’t even come close to the racism in places like Europe, either.

One half dismantles the building illegally or unethically, then hands the tools to the other who says they can’t fix it, who then hands the tools back for further disassembly.

Meanwhile both have parachutes due to insider trading, so it doesn’t really matter if other people in the building are killed when everything falls apart.

A great hit? Do you mean a hit?

Wait, what’s astroturfed about it?

I didn’t say they were. Reread this thread.

You said you could only think of one box it checks, so I gave you more boxes.

Now you’re telling me no individual box mentioned is inherently fascist.

Do you see how you’re moving the goal posts?

How many boxes does a government need to check before it can be considered fascist? Does it have to contain a Consul guarded by people in tunics carrying fasces or it’s just Sparkling Authoritarianism?

You don’t think The Federation was nationalistic or militaristic?

The society as described by Heinlein definitely ticks many of the boxes for fascism, much like platypuses tick many of the boxes for being a mammal.

This makes me feel even worse, because there’s no apparent third category.

Unnamed because…

This!

(upvotes are to the left FYI)

Oh my god, same! I’ve been using it for a week or so thanks to Lemmy and it stopped working yesterday.

An exaggeration, and I think you knew that when you wrote this comment.

The US has made efforts to save its citizens from hostile foreign groups on many occasions, but it generally doesn’t give a shit if you’re not a citizen.

Basically you’re paying for the right to vote in national elections as well as Seal Team 6 hostage rescue if you should get captured by terrorists or whatever.

Another layer of the joke is how confident he was he could afford it, both in walking in and starting the process as well as his smug expression when pulling out his phone.

It hints to the volatility of crypto; you could be a thousandaire, millionaire, and homeless in the time it takes you to decide on whether or not banana peppers would go well with your other toppings.

One problem is the GOP has been taken over and continually converted to MAGA; it started with calling people “RINOs,” attacking each other for party purity.

“Democrats fall in love; Republicans fall in line.”

I can’t tell whose views you’re trying to parody because that doesn’t align with either half of the discussion.

The main negative change for me switching to Lemmy is a lack of posts. This immediately fixes that and has little downside.