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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yes, they were. She was a shallow, ego-driven, willfully ignorant egotist.

While I agree that she's had an overall negative effect on society, I wonder if her world view more came from trauma of living in the Soviet Union and (falsely) assuming that the exact opposite had to be good

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The problem being that it wasn't the exact opposite. In fact, they had a lot of things in common. The leaders of both being self-interested megalomaniacs who desired control of all things around them.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The leaders of both being self-interested megalomaniacs who desired control of all things around them.

That's easer to point out after the fact. I wouldn't be surprised if the USSR was hitting all of their citizens with propaganda much like the US used to do with the "Land of the Free" saying

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They were, yes.

See? Another similarity.

It was definitely a reaction to living under an authoritarian regime. The problem was that the reaction wasn't "I don't want this to ever happen again", it was "I want to be the one in charge".

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They were, yes.

See? Another similarity.

How to be an insufferable cunt in 1 easy step!

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How to be an insufferable cunt in 1 easy step!

How to dismiss a discussion you don't like the direction of in one easy step!

Do you have anything meaningful to add, or just want to call people names because they're not immediately agreeing with everything you say?

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Do you have anything meaningful to add, or just want to call people names because they're not immediately agreeing with everything you say?

Says the guy that added snark into the conversation for absolutely no reason. If you want people to be civil to you then you should treat them in kind.