• Aloso@programming.dev
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      It is so frustrating when a conspiracy narrative is mixed with valid criticism, which ultimately only taints the criticism by association with the “conspiracy.”

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    I’m happy to eat bugs. Lobsters are basically bugs.

    Don’t conflate the ecologically sustainable practice of bug-eating with American fascist secret service bullshit.

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      Lobsters are basically bugs

      I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I find it disgusting to eat animals like shrimp or lobster because they look too similar to insects to me.

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    Where did the bug eating talk start? I’ve not been offered any bugs since those grasshopper candies from Archie McPhee when I was a kid. Is it another dog whistle thing?

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      It’s a far right conspiracy theory, that OP’s trying to tie to legit criticism of the CIA’s atrocities despite having nothing to do with each other-- all in order to try to hide the fact that it’s literally part of the Great Replacement conspiracy.

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      I’ve seen some scientists talk about it, but not as a “mwahahaha, we’re going to force these people to eat bugs!” kinda deal like some people seem to imply, but more just as a “this is more efficient for growing protein than traditional livestock, so there would be environmental benefits if we can persuade people to switch to it” sorta deal.

      Frankly I feel like a lot of the discussion is kinda silly, advocating that there would be benefits if people try to replace some of their meat intake with insect protein is not the same thing as forcing people to eat bugs. The intention behind advocating that is not malicious, they don’t mean just any old bugs but generally farm raised ones, and besides, people already eat bugs anyway. Plenty of cultures throughout the world have dishes involving them in various ways, and beyond that, even in the western countries that a lot of this discussion happens in to my knowledge, people eat very bug-like creatures all the time as long as those creatures live underwater. Shrimp for instance.

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        For it to make sense, You have to begin with the premise that ecology is a lie created by scientists to make money. 

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      EU approved few insects for consumption as a novelty food and will need to pass defined standards and inspections.

      But conservatives, even in US used that as an argument that they will make us feed bugs.

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        I’m so confused. Almost every candy store where I grew up sold cricket and scorpion lollipops. They sell them at the airport in my city too. Why are people in suddenly going crazy about shit that’s been happening for decades? And it’s not even the same country that’s changing the laws?

        Not only that the hasn’t the fda approved a certain about of bugs per batch or whatever in food for decades? Aren’t like M&Ms shells made with bug shells or something? Don’t worry, I’m about to double check myself, I’m just so bewildered.

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      for me it’s been since expo 2000 and I would be actually interested.
      Crispy high protein snacks with a low ecological foot print? shut up and take my money!

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        Most people don’t even know his name. But yeah, 2030 is approaching fast, gotta get the world ready for fascism and servitude.

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          I’m gonna lob you a softball. Don’t miss it. Both parties in the US suck, but one is openly courting fascists. Which is it?

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            I don’t care about politics at all. You tell me. If I wanted to argue with people online, I would probably love politics though.

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    “The CIA did some shit in the 80s, so it’s totally legit to claim vaccines make your dick fall off”

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    I ser by some of the comments here that the some of the reddit trolls found Lemmy.

    That was too quick for my comfort.

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    I mean we still don’t even know the full extent of what they did through the previous century. There are a couple of very noteworthy acknowledged coup or assassination attempts (and successes), but how many others are there? You’ll still often get labelled a conspiracy theorist for talking about some of the other cases.

    I don’t know how many potential examples there are, but my standout example is Australia. Australia’s 1975 constitutional crisis was set off by a Governor General who had been a member of a secretly-CIA-funded organisation, and the US had just recently sent someone known as “the coupmaster” (for his involvement in other coups) to Australia as their ambassador. A CIA contractor of the time says that the GG had been described within the CIA as “our man”. And there was motive, in the form of the relatively leftist nature of the Australian Government at the time, and their threats to shut down the Joint Defence Facility at Pine Gap, a jointly-operated CIA/ASIO spy centre. Australian politics has heaved towards the neoliberal in the time since the alleged coup.

    But it has never been formally acknowledged, and it’s still only based on circumstantial evidence. Depending on who you’re talking to, professing to believe there was CIA involvement will get you labelled a conspiracy theorist. I suspect there are probably other countries with similar stories.

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    This is not true at all. It’s the opposite. The mainstream completely accepts the the cia does awful shit. At reports or like there’s no surprise. This guy gets all his cia did awful shit news from the media, and imagines he did the groundbreaking investigation himself. Haha.

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    First rule of the internet: you’re not allowed to criticise the US government. If you do, you will be accused of being a Russian troll.

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      Where in the internet are you where you cannot criticize American politics? /r/conservative?

      That’s the only corner of the internet where Ive ever seen that behavior.

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      I do not like the policies and ideals of the current US government. I harshly criticize them! Nyah!

      • waits -

      • crickets chirping -

      Looks like I’m good. Plus I can eat the crickets.