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[–] forcequit@hexbear.net 57 points 2 years ago (18 children)

of course, lebensraum drew straight from manifest destiny, USA and its lapdogs have yet to answer for their crimes

[–] ennemi@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

hey have you watched "the man in the high castle" it's about alternative universe in which the nazis won, can you imagine if that happened, can you imagine if they just took over an entire continent and murdered almost everyone on it and installed a fascist christian ethnostate and went about playing world police for 80 years, that would be real fucked up

[–] axont@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My favorite part about the book is that there's an alt-alt-history novel the characters will sometimes read, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy where instead the Allies win the alt-history version of WW2. In the alt-alt-history, after the Allies win they basically do a positive imperialism where they conquer Africa and China, somehow eliminate poverty, spread the New Deal worldwide, then the US and UK get into a cold war that the UK wins.

I took it to mean that PKD thought even in a liberal's wildest imagination, even when under the direct threat of fascism, they'd write a book about how they almost win and then lose.

[–] ennemi@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

oh shit they went and made the amazon show into a book

[–] forcequit@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

no but I've watched Harry Potter. Expelliarmus! Crypto Patronym! Terra Nullius!

[–] ennemi@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

then you'll love my fanfic, harry potter and the lost cause

[–] D61@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

"And the wizarding world will rise again!"

[–] AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I made a similar observation several years ago. For the American tribes still present, The Man in the High Castle is a reality for them.

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