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[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Somebody really needs to fucking do it.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Please god please. Or whatever is out there.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Hello you've reached the Abyss, how can we hurt you?

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

By doing nothing at this point.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

This is an automated message

[–] MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 56 points 20 hours ago (2 children)
[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

Please, he's vetting kids to ensure they align with his interpretation of "too young"

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

How are you suggesting the Smithsonian depict that?

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago

With the Epstein files, in their entirety. Ideally.

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 54 points 21 hours ago (4 children)
[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 13 hours ago

Excuse me, I think you meant the Trump/Epstein files

[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 2 points 13 hours ago

They've already redacted Trumps name from the files.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 6 points 17 hours ago

And make a Smithsonian exhibit out of them while we're at it!

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

Getting a lot of miles out of this paragraph with the trump regime:

This process of continuous alteration was applied not only to newspapers, but to books, periodicals, pamphlets, posters, leaflets, films, sound-tracks, cartoons, photographs -- to every kind of literature or documentation which might conceivably hold any political or ideological significance. Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date. In this way every prediction made by the Party could be shown by documentary evidence to have been correct, nor was any item of news, or any expression of opinion, which conflicted with the needs of the moment, ever allowed to remain on record. All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove that any falsification had taken place.

1984

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

Common dreams should be willing to say "goverment censors" are being brought in to erase history.

Doge was at its heart a censorship program.

[–] cmeu@lemmy.world 18 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Make America North Korea Again

[–] wabasso@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago
[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 21 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Trump Jong-Don is really in full swing, eh.

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[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

We need a comic depiction of Trump's interpretation of history. That'd be…fascinating.

[–] wabasso@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago

Trump Tracts

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

History started when the British dive bombed Pearl Harbor and illegally landed their jets at JFK International Airport in 1776, obviously.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 17 hours ago

The US air force fought back with their invisible fighter jets.

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It really does feel like Trump is the little boy in the It's a Good Life episode of The Twilight Zone with how eager everyone is to gargle his balls. It's infuriating.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

To be with his people.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If the Smithsonian complies, they can forget me ever purchasing one of their learning kits ever again.

[–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In a way they already have:

"The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., has removed references to President Donald Trump in a display about impeachments, despite Trump being the first and only president in American history to be impeached twice."

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/01/smithsonian-removes-trump-impeachment-exhibit-response/85473807007/

[–] Killer@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

Maybe pay more attention to the news.

"A more permanent display about the president has since been added, as have artifacts from the proceedings. Some text was changed between displays, specifically concerning Trump's involvement with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and accusations of election interference."

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/11/smithsonian-trump-impeachment-display-changes/85611633007/

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 198 points 1 day ago (28 children)

What. The. Fuck.

You're gonna listen to a syphilitic rapist pedophile's interpretation of history???

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[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Who cares. The Smithsonian already lost all its credibility when they sucked Trump's dick regarding the impeachment display.

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 74 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Could you imagine the outrage if Obama or Biden even suggested this?

Where is the liberal outrage?

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 10 points 21 hours ago (7 children)

Where? Outside your door, in the streets, getting tear gassed by the National Guard.

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[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 126 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

The 14 Characteristics of Fascism

The 14 characteristics are:

  1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
  2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
  3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
  4. Supremacy of the Military Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
  5. Rampant Sexism The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
  6. Controlled Mass Media Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
  7. Obsession with National Security Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
  8. Religion and Government are Intertwined Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
  9. Corporate Power is Protected The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
  10. Labor Power is Suppressed Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed .
  11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.
  12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
  13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
  14. Fraudulent Elections Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
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