The Spectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 15 hours agoFascism is un-Americanlemmy.mlimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1535arrow-down112cross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.worldmemes@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1523arrow-down1imageFascism is un-Americanlemmy.mlThe Spectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 15 hours agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: politicalmemes@lemmy.worldmemes@lemmygrad.ml
minus-squareagent_nycto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·12 hours agoI feel like it’s unamerican in regards to the values our country espouses, even though it completely and utterly fails to uphold them.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour ago“American values” are just a smokescreen, they aren’t failed, more they serve their purpose of obfuscation well.
minus-squareAES_Enjoyer@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours ago“Espouses but fails to uphold” sounds more like negligence to me. Negligence would be allowing fascism through inaction (like democrat administration). But the US does far worse than that (funding genocide and propping up fascism elsewhere)
I feel like it’s unamerican in regards to the values our country espouses, even though it completely and utterly fails to uphold them.
“American values” are just a smokescreen, they aren’t failed, more they serve their purpose of obfuscation well.
“Espouses but fails to uphold” sounds more like negligence to me. Negligence would be allowing fascism through inaction (like democrat administration). But the US does far worse than that (funding genocide and propping up fascism elsewhere)