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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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[–] Barabas@hexbear.net 64 points 1 year ago

South Korea was a literal military dictatorship until the late 80s under the watchful eye of uncle sam.

They were the less successful US pet project after Japan. There is a reason that a whole lot of their media is about how capitalism sucks and that they are the heaviest drinkers in the world.