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  • yesman@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldObama's got jokes
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    12 days ago

    Obama has launched more drone strikes than any other Peace-Prize winner in history.

    He’s certainly not the most controversial Nobel winner, but his award was embarrassing in the sense that European intelligentsia was congratulating backward America for electing a black President.

    You may not agree that this was condescending, but it’s hard to argue that Obama’s legacy is of the peacemaker domestically or internationally.









  • The Luddites were an early form of direct action of working people against the ownership class. They were also an early example of workers rights movement being crushed by State violence.

    It’s discouraging that their history in popular understanding is 1000% from the perspective of said ownership class.