• Lfrith@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    Few powerful people deciding everything and millions falling in line and the few outliers being affected even if they opt out due to decisions of millions of others who support the few powerful sums up the world.

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      4 hours ago

      That’s the thing. You don’t have to fool all the people all of the time, just most of the people most of the time.

      • pdxfed@lemmy.world
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        47 minutes ago

        I’m watching Gladiator tonight for the first time in 20 years. It’s hardly new but so painful to watch again through the lens of the current state of America. It went from ominous historical warning 25 years ago of power, weakness and how men act in opportune moments to a primer on current affairs.