• imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    It’s actually insane how pacified our society has become. We don’t even find it strange anymore. Bread and circuses indeed

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      1 year ago

      During WWII, the Nazis figured out a lot how to industrialise a lot of things. One of these was propaganda. After the war, that research didn’t disappear, it’s be expanded upon, massively.

      The end result is that we are pigeons play chess with a master. We don’t even understand the rules of the game, let alone the strategies required to win.

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        1 year ago

        The end result is that we are pigeons play chess with a master. We don’t even understand the rules of the game, let alone the strategies required to win.

        Lol very true. This pigeon refuses to play their arbitrary games. I’d rather poop on their faces.