• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours ago

    peace through strength

    Isnt that a quote of the voice of London from v for Vendetta?

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      20 hours ago

      He definitely read that line in a book somewhere and went “hell yeah” instead of being horrified (the author’s likely intent)

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        It’s from George Orwell’s book 1984 so he definitely listened to the audio book and said, “I wanna be like that!”

        Edit: I was mistaken. The quote from 1984 is “war is peace.” It’s similar though.

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        17 hours ago

        It’s a riff off the sign above German concentration camps gates.

        Arbeit macht frei “work sets you free”

        I would honestly love to know which moron thought that was a good use of time and money and why.