▲ 626 ▼ Fascist paramilitary invaders start unconstitutionally raiding houses door-to-door in the USA. We no longer have rights in America. Welcome to the home of the oppressed. (Minneapolis, MN - 1/11/26) (cdn.social.linux.pizza) submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by CubitOom@infosec.pub to c/thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world 120 comments fedilink hide all child comments Source
[–] anon@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) It's by design: divide and conquer People are fighting each other instead of the real enemy. That's why elites and (quasi or not) dictatorships are winning. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago I didn't expect the storyline of Metal Gear Solid 2 to be so fucking accurate. Lol from 2001 Colonel: To begin with, we're not what you'd call "human." Over the past 200 years, a consciousness appeared layer by layer at the crucible of the White House. It's not unlike life started in the oceans four billion years ago. The White House was our primordial soup, a base of evolution. We are formless. We are the very discipline and morality that Americans invoke so often. How can anyone hope to eliminate us? As long as this nation exists, so will we. Raiden: Cut the crap! If you're immortal, why would you take away individual freedoms and censor the Net? Rose: Jack, don't be silly. Colonel: Don't you know that our plans have your interests - not ours - in mind? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago I didn't expect the storyline of Metal Gear Solid 2 to be so fucking accurate. Lol from 2001 Colonel: To begin with, we're not what you'd call "human." Over the past 200 years, a consciousness appeared layer by layer at the crucible of the White House. It's not unlike life started in the oceans four billion years ago. The White House was our primordial soup, a base of evolution. We are formless. We are the very discipline and morality that Americans invoke so often. How can anyone hope to eliminate us? As long as this nation exists, so will we. Raiden: Cut the crap! If you're immortal, why would you take away individual freedoms and censor the Net? Rose: Jack, don't be silly. Colonel: Don't you know that our plans have your interests - not ours - in mind? permalink fedilink source parent