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Veggietales Facts (lemmy.today)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wouldn't it be, like, 50 failed states? πŸ€”

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

The term state at the international level usually refers to a nation-state. Nations generally have different terms like state, territory, province, etc for their internal divisions, hence state can refer to both meanings.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Yes, but some of the states are more failed than others.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Incorrect.

The US are 50 failed states.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 weeks ago

I would just like to point out that it can still get so, so much worse.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

You helped veggietales. You tripe rotted the brains of many young Americans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah right, I'll only believe this it it comes from the Globgomgabgalab. He is the yeast of thoughts and minds.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

might be right, might be wrong, but I'll be fucked if I take my news from a bunch of christofascist vegetables.

THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ARMS!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

THEY DON’T EVEN HAVE ARMS!

Confirmed, VeggieTales is anti-2A.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Are we using christofascist as a way to call Christianity fascist now, or did I miss some fascist messaging in VeggieTales?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Well, if you wanna call the religion evil, you do you I guess, but at least be accurate about it. The Bible doesn't condone fascism (in fact, much of the point of the New Testament is that laws are not the way to save people,) so using christofascist as a term to refer to Christianity in general is diluting the definition of fascism. If you wanna use that term to refer to the people who use Christian branding as an excuse to push fascist laws, that's fine, just don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

All it condones is slavery, incest, murder, the divine right to rule and a theocratic state, and the genocide of all non-Jewish people in Israel. Not fashy at all.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They don't have arms so they can't self-pleasure (it is a "sin")

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

yeah they're left with mouths, vaginas and anuses AS GOD INTENDED VEG TO BE lol

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

Which means they can only pleasure each other.

( Ν‘Β° ΝœΚ– Ν‘Β°)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ok, but now who would bring back the Aztec empire?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It was fun while it lasted, but it's time for the crown to bring the colonies back to order.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Didn't say better, just order

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The United States is a cruel mockery of a developed nation especially when looking at the Mississippi

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

What's up with Mississippi?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It has the lowest HDI in the US. (0.866) That would put it between San Marino and Chile on the country HDI rating. (44th highest overall)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

The state has the highest obesity rate, is the least developed state, the life expectancy is at age 74.4, has the lowest high school graduation rate, one of the lowest tax rates in the country, one of the lowest unionization rates, the state government has been under republican trifectas since 2012.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

it's full of shit.

Stretches of the Mississippi River within the park corridor exceed water quality standards for mercury, bacteria, sediment, PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl), and nutrients. Unfortunately, these "impairments" can make the water unsuitable for fishing, swimming, and drinking. Mar 6, 2023

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Vegetables is murder!

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

depends on perspective. if you're a billionaire, it's right on track.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago

That's what the French and Russian aristocrat's thought right before the French and Russian revolutions.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

That's just a fact. The whole US political system should be scrapped and re-developed to make it a democracy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I seriously think that all constitutions should have expiry dates.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

Remember that you enter a revolution with the culture you've got, not the culture you want. Think on that very carefully before you roll those dice.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You can fix the american democracy by upgrading it ranked choice voting, abolishing the electoral college, ending citizens united, giving all prisoners the right to vote, reforming the supreme court, make Washington DC and Puerto Rico states.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

you can't fix the foundation of blood and suffering that the house was built on top of

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Show me one government not built on a pile of bodies

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can't! :) all governments are fucking evil and must be destroyed

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And thus begins the new pile of bodies

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Eliminating the senate, massively increasing the size of the house, making registration automatic, executing anyone caught disenfranchising voters, etc

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Eliminating the Senate is not a good idea. Maybe just fix it by populating it in proportion to the states citizens?

And do yourself a favor and finally abolish the death penalty. It does not become to a civilized country.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Eliminating the Senate might seem like a good way to reduce the outsized influence that voters in smaller states wield, but the Senate helps keep those states in the union.

Also, the death penalty should be eliminated, not expanded.

We obviously need to address the fact that our government doesn't represent the country, but drastically increasing the ability of larger states to ride roughshod over the interests of smaller states is not a recipe for stability.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Death penalty only for white collar crime?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Don’t kill. Killing is wrong. No, seriously, it is so so bad. Don’t even think about it, because if you kill, we will kill you right back buster!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

The absolutists are wild... Some people absolutely deserve to never have influence over someone else ever again. There are only so many ways to actually accomplish that...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

The death penalty thing was said tongue in cheek. And we already settled the whole can you leave the union thing a little while back.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

... Introducing proportional representation and majority elected president, enfranchising all people, ending politically appointed judiciary, making intentional lies with the intention to mislead the public a criminal offence...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Nah, don't tie provable intent to it. Just knowingly lie should be enough. If it's not under national secrets or some other thing, lying SHOULD be illegal out of representatives. Always.

They can always say, "no comment" if they feel the urge to lie.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It would be so cool to be a part of a true democracy.

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