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[–] 191 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Funny how it looks normal and care-free like Germany in the 1920s, and how it looks like Germany in the mid 1930s now. I wonder why...

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  • [–] 167 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Guy riding a fucking bike into it, the old pool somehow lasted through that attack

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  • [–] 86 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    He was actually getting the bike out of it. Its acutally where all bikes came from before 1992 and bull clintnn.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 month ago

    The British have always based their government on a similar mechanism, despite the occasional protest:

    "Listen: strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."

    It doesn't work with bicycles either.

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    We cannot have people enjoying themselves now can we

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    [–] 120 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Pictured: A brave US army patriot, personally wading out into the reflecting pool to strangle a trespassing radical leftist

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    [–] 53 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Hold on. It used to be... blue?!

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  • [–] 53 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Imagine literally being the fascist who tells everyone to get out of the pool (for reasons).

    Or you know what, don't, your sanity is too valuable.

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  • [–] 50 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    America in the 2010s is the new Iran in the 1970s.

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    [–] 47 points 1 month ago (8 children)

    Fascists don’t do revolutions, they do coups or takeovers. Revolutions advance society, fascists only regress it.

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    [–] 37 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    And like in every other picture set like this, it was America's fault things changed.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 month ago* (5 children)

    For everyone who doesn’t know. An anecdotal summary (look up yourself for facts, i am just recalling from memory)

    Irans democratic elected ruler tried to nationalise the oil industry which was largely controlled by the UK and US who then staged a coup to reinstate and support the monarchy in return for securing them that control.

    This made a lot of people in Iran very angry with the West.

    That monarch went kinda mad with oppressive power to the point that the clergy was the only real opposition left. Which created the conditions that started the islamic revolution.

    And we seemingly learned nothing as one of the Trump regime early ideas for the current war with Iran was to reinstate and back the monarchy with the current last descendant living in the US.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Stranger things have happened. I could see a timeline that goes like:

    1. The election in 2028 is blatantly stolen by Republicans, establishing a mask-off dictatorship.

    2. After a decade, they're eventually ousted by a popular front consisting of civil society advocates, leftist organizers and activists, and religious movements.

    3. As the regime falls, the religious movement takes over everything and establishes an overt theocracy.

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    [–] 29 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    It's important to remember that these aren't average US citizens. These are only those wealthy enough to travel across the large country and take a vacation.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago (14 children)

    Do...do most Americans never get to see their capital? Most people I know have been to the capital of my country at least once.

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    [–] 28 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    So, where is the military?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago

    The lawn was prohibited then.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago

    The entire river near my house is green due to the lilly pads and constant sun on it all day. The algae bloom is nothing new but I will say that the darker the liner, the easier heat and light will absorb, so the gray one was actually doing more good than harm and it also apparently helped the reflecting properties appear more.

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