“I’m just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.

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    10 months ago

    Here’s how I see it. Dems want WW3, GOP wants 2nd Civil War. I’m backing Dems because, as much as it sucks to admit it, we as Americans need an external threat or we will rip each other’s throats out. I cannot recall a time of relative peace since the 90’s.

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        10 months ago

        “Supporting Ukraine and Israel” would be my guess.

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      10 months ago

      we as Americans need an external threat or we will rip each other’s throats out.

      This is directly out of Leo Strauss, who was a major influence on neoconservative thought. It’s also fundamentally fascist, following the “life is permanent warfare” point in Umberto Eco’s Ur-Fascisim.