• cygnus@lemmy.ca
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    9 days ago

    It also helps that unlike the R and the C in BRICS, they aren’t imperialists threatening and/or invading their neighbours. Brazil is a good world citizen.

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      8 days ago

      Brazil is a good world citizen.

      Uhhh, did you forget that Brazil was being run by a fascist war criminal just a short while ago?

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        8 days ago

        So were lots of countries. At least they learned from their mistake, unlike the US.

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          At least they learned from their mistake, unlike the US.

          If Brazil had learned from it’s mistake it WOULDN’T HAVE ALLOWED A FASCIST INTO POWER, genius.

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            I meant it in the “fool me once” sense. Americans went for a second helping at the trough of fascism.

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              Americans went for a second helping at the trough of fascism.

              The US has been pro-fascist long, long before Mussolini gave it a name.

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      9 days ago

      As long as it keeps censoring its citizens, everthing fine! 🙄

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            The old system of using fact-checking agencies was biased, and the content they deemed false had its reach negatively impacted. They were literally the arbiters of truth, and their actions silenced their political opponents’ voices. The new system of Community Notes is superior because it requires approval from people with diverse political alignments to show a fact-check to everyone.

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              8 days ago

              Because remember you need a Nazi and a tankie to agree with facts in order for it to be the real truth.

              Sometimes reality doesn’t align with political views. Doesn’t mean it’s not facts

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                8 days ago

                you need a Nazi and a tankie to agree

                I thought you just believed the opposite of whatever your political adversaries believed, because they were always lying

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                So you’re set to automatically complain unless the fact-check aligns perfectly with your worldview?

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        9 days ago

        I think you might be confused. They were talking about a country other than the US. 😂