682
Hot off the presses (lemmy.world)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] EnderMB@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

As a non-American, how is that any different from America?

Many big countries are basically the same, with the belief that their armed forces are "the best", with hours of pop propaganda around how their marines or special ops are the best in the world.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Well as s non american I feel it's quite simple : the USA has an incredible potent war machine, so if their citizens think they have an incredible army, then they are more or less quite correct.

Russians on the other hand just smokes copium and have fever dreams.

[-] trolololol@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

It's true for military stuff but false for many many things that they'd still insist is the best way to handle things. Mass shootings is an anomaly that's completely normalized there, sometimes it's not even worth a media footnote.

And there's a strange thing about shooting presidents every once in a while

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Continue to smoke your copium.

[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

What about that is copium, mass shootings, having a wide spread poverty and political violence isnt a good thing and should be talked about and fixed

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

You're not wrong. Americans have a lot of "America fuck yeah!" energy going on, the difference really would be that when we break from that mentality and start going "what the fuck America?" we don't get arrested and put in jail or forcibly conscripted into a war we didn't ask for.

[-] OutsizedWalrus@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

From what I can tell, America has better access to alternative viewpoints and the ability to express them largely without fear.

[-] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Defenetly not germany. Last few times they were like that, the world stamped it out.

[-] spechter@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, when germans are proud about their army it's if a tank can be loaded on a semi using it's own engine power.

this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2024
682 points (98.6% liked)

NonCredibleDefense

6656 readers
808 users here now

A community for your defence shitposting needs

Rules

1. Be niceDo not make personal attacks against each other, call for violence against anyone, or intentionally antagonize people in the comment sections.

2. Explain incorrect defense articles and takes

If you want to post a non-credible take, it must be from a "credible" source (news article, politician, or military leader) and must have a comment laying out exactly why it's non-credible. Low-hanging fruit such as random Twitter and YouTube comments belong in the Matrix chat.

3. Content must be relevant

Posts must be about military hardware or international security/defense. This is not the page to fawn over Youtube personalities, simp over political leaders, or discuss other areas of international policy.

4. No racism / hatespeech

No slurs. No advocating for the killing of people or insulting them based on physical, religious, or ideological traits.

5. No politics

We don't care if you're Republican, Democrat, Socialist, Stalinist, Baathist, or some other hot mess. Leave it at the door. This applies to comments as well.

6. No seriousposting

We don't want your uncut war footage, fundraisers, credible news articles, or other such things. The world is already serious enough as it is.

7. No classified material

Classified ‘western’ information is off limits regardless of how "open source" and "easy to find" it is.

8. Source artwork

If you use somebody's art in your post or as your post, the OP must provide a direct link to the art's source in the comment section, or a good reason why this was not possible (such as the artist deleting their account). The source should be a place that the artist themselves uploaded the art. A booru is not a source. A watermark is not a source.

9. No low-effort posts

No egregiously low effort posts. E.g. screenshots, recent reposts, simple reaction & template memes, and images with the punchline in the title. Put these in weekly Matrix chat instead.

10. Don't get us banned

No brigading or harassing other communities. Do not post memes with a "haha people that I hate died… haha" punchline or violating the sh.itjust.works rules (below). This includes content illegal in Canada.

11. No misinformation

NCD exists to make fun of misinformation, not to spread it. Make outlandish claims, but if your take doesn’t show signs of satire or exaggeration it will be removed. Misleading content may result in a ban. Regardless of source, don’t post obvious propaganda or fake news. Double-check facts and don't be an idiot.


Join our Matrix chatroom


Other communities you may be interested in


Banner made by u/Fertility18

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS