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[–] cabillaud@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Usual US militarism

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

That sounds just weird as hell

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Just generals

[–] ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Do zombies follow rules of engagement and chain of command?

[–] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

if the zombie apocalypse ever happens, there will be a lot of Black people he owned wanting to play football with his decapitated head

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 50 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Holy shit George Washington would hate this policy. He was done being commander in chief! That's why he stepped down after 2 terms! I get it's symbolic, but his whole thing regarding the office was "don't deify me."

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Phony AF. Dude lived as a god among the people he enslaved.

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which would really explain why he might come back as a zombie. The rage just builds until he pops up out of his grave and shouts, "DID I STUTTER?"

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[–] djdarren@piefed.social 101 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (14 children)

I would say that the US is a very weird place, but then I remembered that this

is the flagship of the ~~British Navy~~ First British Sea Lord. She hasn't floated for literally 100 years.

So mostly I guess it's just that militaries are weird.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

but what about ceremonial anime swords in the US military?

[–] abbotsbury@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 75 points 2 days ago (3 children)

There's also a statue of George Washington in England. Except the US shipped a bunch of dirt all the way across the Atlantic from Virginia so he would technically not be standing on British soil.

Humans do weird shit just to make a statement.

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 25 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Dracula did the same when he moved to England

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 22 hours ago

Every state is based on total bullshit. That's part of why the state is garbage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The USS Constitution is still fully crewed, floats, and occasionally fires a few cannon shots.

Keeping history around isn't weird. Though I do think it should be contextualized.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The Constitution is also the only ship in the current U.S. fleet to have sunk an enemy vessel, having defeated and burnt HMS Java in 1813.

Her nearest competition was decommissioned in 2015.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 6 points 1 day ago

Used today primarily for ceremonial and educational purposes, only 10–15 percent of the frigate actually dates to the original construction due to centuries of repairs and restorations.

The USS Theseus?

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Militaries see a lot of value in convincing their members that they'll be remembered after dying.

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[–] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 19 points 2 days ago

Small correction: The HMS Victory is the flagship of the First Sea Lord. The current Royal Navy Fleet Flagship is the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago

I doubt there’s that much left of him apart from the dentures.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

this tradition stems for Washington holding a general rank in the British military before rebellion, and the US traditionally never having a rank higher than the one he held in the British military, so when we actually did need those ranks because practicality, they just bumped him up.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

That means the military is still run by enslaver trash. Still worships enslaver trash. No surprise we live in a fascist hellscape.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Yeah. We're just really grateful he got us an ohio

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It’s the year 30,000. God-Emperor George Washington moans to life and leads Earth to war against the rest of the universe.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 22 hours ago

Washington wakes up... "My slaves... Where are my slaves?!?! I need to recapture them..." [Heads north]

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[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 32 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Calling it now, once Trump finds out this exists, he’ll do something to try and supersede that to put him at the top.

Maybe a 6 star general with the pips arranged like a Star of David.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (5 children)

US Presidents are literally thenCommander in Chief (the highest ranking military position).

The beautiful thing is: Washington was literally the 1st President, so nothing Trump does or says can change that.

~Albeit, I wouldn’t be surprised if he tried. #gulfofmexico4ever~

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Just post-date his first presidency to be before Washington

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

A reanimated body couldn't be worse at governing than our current administration.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 22 hours ago

I'm not sure that replacing a racist with a literal enslaver would be much of an improvement.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

only a necromancer would be able ressurect george washington.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only a necro-romancer would be able to lay him back to rest.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only a neck-romancer would be afraid of Abraham Lincoln

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Only a neko-romancer would be fine eating cat food.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"Dearest Zombie Martha: Winter at Valley Forge is exceedingly desperate. The harsh wind whistles through the men's exposed rib cages, and our supply of brains is running low."

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