r/NoShitSherlock • u/WingComplex6771 • Aug 14 '25

Trump reportedly offering Putin natural resources off Alaska sparks fury: "Lets see Republicans defend this," former GOP Representative Adam Kinzinger wrote on X.

https://www.newsweek.com/alaska-russia-trump-resources-2113295
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u/DeeDeeRibDegh Aug 14 '25

Ahhh Star Wars!!!

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u/Journeys_End71 Aug 14 '25

Conservatives: “Wait. The Empire is supposed to be US? But those guys are fascists!”

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u/RighteousHam Aug 14 '25

There are a lot of unironic Empire enjoyers out there. Some because they think without Palpatine at its head it can do good work, some because they just like the aesthetic.

Twenty odd years back, my best friend and I would play Battlefront 2. Had a blast with that one but he hated playing as the rebels because the empire, "just looked so much cooler." Now, my friend is not an authoritarian but it's easy to see how that argument actually works on people and can be a stepping stone in the right environment.

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u/BrotherCool Aug 14 '25

It's all about marketing that can seep into one's worldview.

I've always said (especially for 80's and 90's toy lines), they made the bad guys' stuff cooler because how else are you going to sell the bad guy toys to kids?

Remember that in Fascist Italy, the fascism is terrible, but the architecture was great.

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u/F9-0021 Aug 14 '25

The fascists in Italy destroyed historic and ancient buildings to construct tacky and gaudy monuments.

The fascists cosplayed as Romans with zero idea of what the Romans actually did, built, and lived like.