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Suddenly seeing more hexbear posts. Did we re-federate with them? (sh.itjust.works)
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If so, was it polled somewhere?

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The left right thing sometimes feel more like a circle and if center was at one end of the circle then tankies and the alt-right would be at the other end pretty to close to one another. They both want to own the people that are closer to center, they both have a love affair with Russia, they both deny genocides, they both believe in authoritarianism...

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yup, horseshoe theory. At a certain point, it's hard to tell authoritarians apart. I.e. why do you hate LGBT folks?

  • Stalin - they're non-conformist, so to the Gulag with with!
  • Hitler - the people don't like them, so we can blame them for our problems

Different justifications, same net result. So on LGBT issues, I can't tell Stalin and Hitler apart. The same goes for a surprising number of other policies.

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

they both have a love affair with Russia

Yes, it's Kremlin/CCP propaganda. Both use social media to divide democracies. Divide and conquer on social media.