Seeing reddit become a state department propaganda outlet with zero pushback is pretty blackpilling

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[–][deleted] 18 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

You probably weren't born yet or very young, but a good deal of people fought very hard against the Iraq and Afghani wars. It's not like nobody didn't see through those flimsy excuses for war.

People wanted revenge for 9/11 though, didn't really matter who.

[–]yabbit[S] 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

controlled opposition

[–][deleted] 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There was real opposition, we just lost the fight. People are stupid.

[–]wristaction 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It was 'real' only in the sense that the president was a Republican. I was there too. The antiwar movement shrunk from hundreds of thousands to dozens the day after the 2006 election. For most on the left, opposing the war(s) was a partisan oppo operation.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not controlled opposition, powerless opposition.