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"We did it, we time travelled!"

"But to what year?"

"Let me ask that guy over there."

"What's up with the president?"

"Republican idiot's starting a war over oil."

"I have no idea."

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[–] DarkSirrush@piefed.ca 12 points 4 days ago

And on the off years, the answer "Democrat idiot is perpetuating a war over oil".

Note: I am a Canadian who's social media history would definitely get me barred from Trump's america, and I am tired of how badly American politics affect my life.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

By my count, that's at least a 70-year window. I should mention that the public at the time might not have thought of it that way. Some of the blood-for-oil conflicts were branded as anti-communism. They might have been that, too, that is, keeping the oil out of Soviet hands.

Edit: changed "ant-communism" to "anti-communism." Sorry for the goof. Obviously ants are still monarchists.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Here's how I interpreted that: