• OshagHennessey@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Geico fired R. Lee Ermey because he gave a speech claiming Obama was bankrupting the country on purpose so he could bring socialism to the US. Just saying.

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      2 hours ago

      I truly don’t understand that line of reasoning. At all.

      Putting aside ideological stances on economic and social structures, how does someone reason that the country being broke makes socialism more achievable?

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        10 minutes ago

        If I can remember correctly (and I probably can’t) I think they figured Obama would cause mass unrest, bankrupt the country with insane economic policies, then use that as excuse to implement martial law, then use that to pass a law that says we do socialism now.

        I’m pretty sure I remember that rhetoric going around during Biden too.