this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2024
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (19 children)

Meme still works if you substitute capitalism for communism

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing that's the original cartoon and this is a play on the irony of the post-modern revelation of many of capitalism's failures.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Not only that, this isn’t real X is just a bad road to go down in. You need to define what system you want and judge if you met the plan, not some ideal.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Which 'Victims of Communism' number are you using for that? The one where they include all the Nazis killed, as well as their potential children and potential grandchildren who didn't even exist yet?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

except that it doesn't as anybody who's minimally literate would know

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wish I had the same brainless high hope for something.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (21 children)

Your capacity to ignore the real world is the only thing that's brainless here.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

nah not really

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Comrade Yogthos chose war today.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Lemmy.ml is a fun little battleground, haha.

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