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  • Fuck bond, the character and setting is played out at this point with too many mediocre movies.

    no.

    If this guy becomes an actor, I’d love to see him in a John Wick spinoff. Yes, let’s make him a super spy government spook (he makes that suit look good), but he’s trying to unravel the criminal underground and gets to discover just how deep the rabithole goes. His “successful” career up to this point has been taking down scapegoats. Everything turns sideways just before retirement, and the latest criminal mastermind somehow lets slip that the whole thing has been a sham, and he’s just a sacrifice to keep the alphabet agencies occupied. Thing is, he’s actually good at his job, and now he knows what he’s looking for. Retirement is going to have to wait.








  • glitchdx@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldStay Mad, Tankies
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    2 months ago

    I am by no means an expert, but the test that was explained to me is that if you look at the famous tianamen square picture of the guy holding grocery bags facing down a line of tanks, and then proceed to side with the line of tanks, then you’re a tankie.

    When I say that I am not an expert, what I actually mean is that I’m a random idiot from the internet, so don’t take anything I say as gospel truth.

    I’ve only been on lemmy for a few months, and I’ve never heard the term tankie on any other platform. My understanding is that a tankie is a militant supporter of communism, who completely disregards (or is in support of) how every time it’s ever actually been done it turns into an authoritarian dictatorship (or something similarly unpleasant to live under).

    My own biases exposed: I am an american, and most of what I know I learned in the absolutely fucked american public education system, which says communism = evil, because of the red scare a while back.

    If you do some googling, there’s a wikipedia article on the subject. I’ve forgotten most of the content of that article shortly after I read it, I should look at it again and maybe it will stick this time.