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TheRealNorth

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8. At the start of WWI, some people on the left thought that way....

Reply to skyesail (Reply #6)

Sat Sep 18, 2021, 01:21 AM

Sep 2021

That only if we sung kumbaya together, the soldiers fighting for Germany, France, the UK, and Russia would realize that they were being used by elites as cannon fodder.

They were not successful then, and that was when propaganda was still pretty unsophisticated.

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To accept the things we cannot change ... [View all] NanceGreggs Sep 2021 OP

Sadly, I have to concur TheRealNorth Sep 2021 #1

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2021 #2

Culling the weak for fun and profit ymetca Sep 2021 #3

Rachel Maddow often talks about Earth One and Earth Two. mwooldri Sep 2021 #4

So true, they are lost forever and we must try to limit their damage. Jon King Sep 2021 #5

It's Institutions All the Way Down skyesail Sep 2021 #6

At the start of WWI, some people on the left thought that way.... TheRealNorth Sep 2021 #8

Could not agree more. I wish I had a great way to defang that power and organizing source. Pobeka Sep 2021 #9

Two words: Fk 'em! OMGWTF Sep 2021 #7