SugaredScoundrel

I have done my investigation in communism, into Italian fascism, naziism, the kkk, the interment of Japanese Citizens in the US, the destruction of native American cultures, etc etc. Ive done my research. I know what totalitarians say, because they say the same thing regardless of what ideology they support. “Sure x did bad thing, but also x did good thing!” “We only killed this type of person because they were enemies of the state!”

Your two powers were bloodthirsty expansionists. Intent on spreading their cultural hegemony across borders. Just as the U.S. exists now and did in the past. Power corrupts. And concentrating it in the hands of the few, in one bureaucracy is disastrous for the majority.

I hope you never meet a real fascist in the flesh. Just as I hope to never meet a tankie/fascist in the flesh. Nasty people. Much better to be a keyboard warrior.

Too sides of the same deluded coin.

Angry angry angry. Grump grump grump

I respond to obvious propaganda with the snide churlish snark it demands. Same goes for angry tankies. :)

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Wrongs that could be righted. But honestly. You’re not changing my mind. I’m not changing yours. I’ll fight against communism, just like I’ll fight against this proto-fascism forming in the U.S. I’ll try and keep no one from lining up in gas chamber or being pushed out of helicopters. Your ideology sucks ass. And so do Fascists. Good day. 🎉

I don’t trust it. Correct. I like multiple sources not controlled by one person. I like independent journalism. I think your data is bunk, drummed up, fake propaganda.

You’re right. We are not allies. I don’t support death for my enemies.

I would really like to live in a society in which the state that DOESN’T execute people. The U.S. was getting close to that, but then Trump happened. So 🤷

Private interests do align, but rarely. Meaning you have more chance at opposing narratives forming. Public is monovoiced. Without an opposing voice its data becomes suspect.

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Over 15 year old data at this point. And in countries that don’t have a free press.

I have read the account of people that lived in the USSR. Stalin was a brutal leader on par with Hitler in his atrocities committed. Mao was similar. It is almost as if its Totalitarianism thats the issue. 🤔

Your boos mean nothing. I’ve seen what makes you cheer.

Tldr

"Life was funny, and fickle, and often cruel. Sometimes the unworthy went on living, while those who deserved better was lost.

Or not lost, he considered, since they lingered on in the hearts of those who loved them, who love them still, their memory nurtured like a sprig of green in an otherwise desolate soul. Which was, he supposed, a kind of immortality, after all."

Thanks for sharing Saga!

Old Old is the original Evercade handheld. These are replacing the newer Evercade EXP handheld and VS home console. These are pretty cool and they’re a legit company. If you are into collecting I’d recommend checking them out. The cartridges come in plastic cases that remind me of Genesis cases and they include a manual. I don’t have any of the main consoles but the Super Pocket which is made by their sister company is also compatible with the Evercade carts.

I’ve already commented on another post with the why and how the dwarves and elves might dislike one another. But to say the Elves would “genocide dwarves and enslave men” if they ruled Middle Earth (spoiler they did rule Middle Earth for a time and none of that occured) is blatantly wrong and antithetical to Tolkien’s work.

Tl/Dr dwarves and elves have a complicated history. They do not all hate each other and they do not all love each other.

The elves and dwarves of Tolkiens legendarum have animosity towards one another. But saying “the elves would genocide the dwarves” no, the Elves as a whole would not wish to exterminate the dwarves as a race. There were some among the Noldor (a part of the population of High Elves that left Valinor to reclaim the Silmarils from Morgoth) that believed the dwarves had cheated them. The Dwarves tell it another way, Tolkien is unclear on the truth of the matter. However those dwarves were not the clan of Longbeards. The Longbeards do not come into the tales of the first age. Their halls were east and south of Belariand. In Khazad-Dum.

All that to say the animosity between the elves of Lothlorian and the Dwarves of Khazad-Dum can probably be traced to the fact that most of the Elves present are dark elves/green elves. Who also has their own unrecorded spats with dwarves of different clans. (Also the fact that the dwarves unearthed a balrog probably doesn’t help matters)

So yes there is animosity between the two races. But there is also friendship. The elves of Holand and the dwarves of Khazad-Dum were united in friendship. A fact somewhat touched on, in the recent show the Rings of Power. (Although poorly done in my opinion)

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No. Not even close.