• Nat (she/they)
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    9 hours ago

    Some people might use it as a statement of intent: “I will not let this be American”. I think it’s fine to look at an idealized US and say the US should be that.

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    13 hours ago

    Not to mention eugenics 🥳 the german facists learned so much in america

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      Some of them even thought we went too far. The only reason we aren’t horrified by our US history of slavery and genocide is that it remains the status quo.

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    yes, the liberal pearl-clutching is facilitated by ignorance, but it’s not exactly pragmatic in this moment as the U.S. is turning autocratic to side with the fascists in claiming America …