ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoIf we need a common enemy for people to get along then society has already failedmessage-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down110
arrow-up1107arrow-down1message-squareIf we need a common enemy for people to get along then society has already failedReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarebadbrainstorm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·11 hours agoTruth. Though, America got by for a long time with that being Russia, and Nazis… What happened to that
minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 hours agoWhoever fights with monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.
minus-squareFonzie!@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 hours agoA more applicable version would be Whoever fights with monsters should see to it that they still have something to do in case they succeed.
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoYeah, don’t want to end up unemployed… better create some more monsters…
minus-squareTranquilTurbulence@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoHaving the local dictator as the unifying enemy seems to be popular. Just ask anyone from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya or Yemen.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-211 hours agoWell except for all the innocent people swept up in the red scare. Or the minorities living during those times.
Truth.
Though, America got by for a long time with that being Russia, and Nazis…
What happened to that
Whoever fights with monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.
A more applicable version would be Whoever fights with monsters should see to it that they still have something to do in case they succeed.
Yeah, don’t want to end up unemployed… better create some more monsters…
Having the local dictator as the unifying enemy seems to be popular. Just ask anyone from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya or Yemen.
Well except for all the innocent people swept up in the red scare.
Or the minorities living during those times.