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    I disagree. Most Americans know we are the fire nation/empire from Star Wars.

    Well at least most people I know.

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        No, not okay. The monkey puppet reaction.

        We are not shocked to learn we are the bad guys. I never said it’s okay, I just disagree with the reaction meme to indicate we didn’t know it.

        Not sure where you pulled “it’s okay because America” from my statement but no need to jump to conclusions and put words in peoples mouth.

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          He pulled it from nowhere because tankies are incapable of nuance, especially if you hold an even mildly dissenting opinion. You’re either with them or against them, there is no in-between. It’s ironic how much they share in common with actual fascists.

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    I like how some people are claiming americans are aware of this lol

    If most americans were sufficiently aware and organizing against it accordingly (if they’re not organizing, they’re not aware enough) the imperialist gov would already have been toppled.

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      Some zoomers and some millennials know it. Boomers don’t know or actually think it’s a good thing, with some rare exceptions.

      Either way your take is extremely juvenile and simplistic. There’s a lot more at play with revolutions than people knowing their country did something bad. It takes a lot more than that to get people off their ass, with very few exceptions historically, and even those exceptions are usually led by rich people looking out for themselves.

      People need to have their own livelihoods threatened before they do anything. And there are always power systems in place that deliberately make it hard for people to organize.