• Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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    Well, many of the Spartans were pedophiles, and their economy depended on slavery, so perhaps this is appropriate.

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    Wouldn’t he be Persia in this pic since the flag held by the Spartans says “This is Iran” instead of “This is Sparta” implying they’re representing Iran rather than America, and he’s the only one dressed differently, implying he’s not with them, so then the Americans must be the Persians?

    I’m sure it has nothing to do with AI being dogshit and him being too dumb to have noticed that, it must be on purpose.

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      I think this is a reference to the movie 300, where there is a line “this is Sparta”, but I never saw the movie and also it doesn’t make sense.

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        Yes, but the equivalent to that would be “this is the US”, right? This sounds like Trump is fighting on the side of Iran.

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        It also reminded me of that. But the weird thing is that Sparta is the one we were supposed to root for, in the movie. So why would the Trumpists write Iran there? Maybe just stupidity once again?

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          lol that’s why I added “also it doesn’t make sense.”

          Maybe in bizarro opposite world, the Persians are not the Persians. We are the Persians and the Persians are the Spartans. Therefore they say “this is Iran” and then also lose to us (us being the Persians) and in this twisted remake it now follows the plot line 🤷

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      Not directly. He serves Russia, which has interests in increasing Iran’s influence on the world stage.

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    When Americans see this, do they feel proud of their elected leader? I can tell you what the rest of the world thinks about him.

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      1/3 of the country thinks he’s the best thing to ever happen to America. They eat this stuff up.

      1/3 of the country thinks he’s somewhere between a national embarrassment and an existential threat to our constitutional democracy.

      1/3 of the country is apathetic about politics and cannot be bothered to give a shit over way or the other.

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        And most all of the country can’t afford to do anything since most are a couple paychecks from homelessness and depend on their employer for healthcare.

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          I’d say, they are not equally bad in a moral way. But they are definitely a bigger danger to the world, because the first group might hold a bad apple accountable. Not saying that is happening here, but the apathic self-centered group doesn’t have the means to do that, while the Trump supporters at least have some sort of connections with the people in power.

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      As a Pennsylvanian I saw the writing on the wall leading up to the 2024 election. I grew up in a very conservative household, and my parents are still very pro-Trump. His reelection destroyed me, despite it seeming inevitable. How can a large chunk of this country not only not feel shame from this, but actively encourage and enjoy it?

      • FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world
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        Because your country is broken, and uncivilised

        Stupidity is celebrated and worldliness and curiousity are viewed with fear and suspicion

        Oh, and then there’s the hatred

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        But what do your parents say to those kind of posts? I’m genuinely interested. It’s so bizarre to me.

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      His close base sees the gun and goes RAWR, I LOVED THAT MOVIE.

      75%+ aren’t loving it, 60% are against him and 10% just want the economy to stop doing a nosedive

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        60% are against him

        It still amazes that this percentage has been like this since over a decade and still he got elected, twice. Something is/was really broken, otherwise he could never have become president. Maybe the place for this comment but everytime i read something like this I am just really surprised this doesn’t mean we dont have to deal with the turd.

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          The entire US political system is designed to prevent the will of the majority from being enacted. Just look at the number of votes in the senate for each party as one of the more egregious examples.

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          The first time it was legit. Well there was russian tampering, then assange released some shit just at the right time. So no really legit, but Clinton didn’t do herself any favors. It was truely a we could run a donkey and win fail.

          The second time, there was mush’s actual vote tampering. There were areas that went red in contested states that historically didn’t end up red. And since then, they’ve been hard at work trying to make sure that red has the advantage. I don’t know if the current likely candidates are going to survive until the next run, but I predict there’s going to be some gestapo bullshit and noone is ready to deal with.

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    Private bonespurs sure does like playing dress up. And musicals. And gold plated everything. And interior design. Just sayin.

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    Hold up, in the background there’s a Greek soldier holding a flag that says This Is Iran? What? So that’s saying that the Greeks and therefore Donald Trump are on Iran’s side? What the fuck? I mean I know it’s silly to look for coherence in anything related to him but still.

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      I know it’s silly to look for coherence in anything related to him but still.

      Definitely. The intended effect is something more like “Holy shit, did you see that photo of Trump with that guy from 300? Apparently they went to Iran together and shot up a bunch of terrorists with sick machine guns! I bet 300 guy Sparta-kicked Saddam Hussein or whoever right in the NUTS! He’s such a bad-ass!”

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    Famously. So famously in fact that there are YouTubers who make videos hypothesizing whether x-group of soldiers could win or even survive against those persians, if the Persians never lost morale and broke. And I mean up to shit like 40K Space Marines.