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[โ€“] Deestan@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a european it's always been fucking WERID how americans panic and reach for their guns at the mention of socialism.

[โ€“] AdmiralShat@programming.dev -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I mean

There was this whole thing called the Soviet Union then there was like a missile crisis

And there was like a group that called themselves National Socialists and they did a genocide and tried to take over a bunch of land by force

We also had to fight a bunch of talking trees that dug tunnels because military industrial complex and heroin

It's definitely many layers of propaganda but as an American I definitely understand WHERE it comes from, I understand why most people here flinch at the word.

You also gotta understand we had multiple generations in a row huffing lead gasoline so while younger millennials aren't impacted as bad, MOST Americans are legitimately lead brained.