• tino@lemmy.world
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    Hating other nations is the starting point of all fascist ideas. (also, I’m french)

    • hansolo@lemmy.today
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      Isn’t that also how the World Cup works? For example, I wanted Mbape to win, and the English to lose, but that doesn’t mean I actually supported France.

      • bstix@feddit.dk
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        Yes. Checks out. Ball sport is facism. With a ball.

        A lot of matches could be avoided if only they had more balls. The ball owner just decided to only make one ball available, so they’d fight over it and remove attention from himself. It’s like the Colosseum, where the Caesar never had to fight.

        This is the shitpost community, btw.

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        How many wars have the US started by invading other countries?

        Quick Google search:

        • Mexican-American War (1846)

        • Various 19th-century interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean (Haiti, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, etc.)

        • Philippine-American War (1899)

        • Vietnam War escalation (1965)

        • Invasion of Grenada (1983)

        • Invasion of Panama (1989)

        • Gulf War (1991)

        • Invasion of Afghanistan (2001)

        • Invasion of Iraq (2003)

        • Invasion of Iran (2026)