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[–] [email protected] 131 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Context: on September 11 1973, the democratically elected Chilean president Salvador Allende was overthrown by Pinochet.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For once, no, actually. The CIA tried to overthrow him a few years earlier and failed. Pinochet's coup caught the CIA by surprise, as Pinochet had... very effectively given the impression of being 'nonpolitical' and loyal to the government, to the point where Allende himself was shocked to hear of his involvement.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would be curious on your sources...mine are Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine... Which I read years ago and maybe I'm blurring something but a quick Google search took me to the George Washington University website with this on it..https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/chile/2024-09-09/cia-chile-scandal-50

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

There the CIA is falsely denying spending money to attempt to destabilize Allende's administration. They absolutely tried. But as I noted

The CIA tried to overthrow him a few years earlier and failed.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Also context: spoilers for a certain character in Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Madoka for short), a highly recommended magical girl anime and must watch classic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

Classic!?

Damn, I'm old.

[–] idegenszavak 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Can you tell the spoiler? I wont watch that anime, but it would be interesting to know the full background of the meme.

The other 2 characters on the top image are Pim and Charlie from Smiling Friends

[–] phdepressed 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Magical girl who's power is to go back in time. Keeps going back in time to try and save one of her friends but each time reversal results in them being less close as friends. In the main timeline of the show they've basically become strangers.

Being meguca is suffering.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Time travel sucks. No accurate time travel story ends happily, even if the resolution overall is good. Looper is a great example of a good one. I think Primer too, but I still have trouble with it, even with all the aids and charts. Oh, and 12 Monkeys, an easier one to follow.

[–] phdepressed 5 points 1 day ago

Tbf the time travel is not the main story. Arguable whether the resolution is any good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

who's power is to go back in time

Also stopping time. And hammerspace. Like, for storing whole aircraft carriers, if she felt like it. Also teleportation. Also creating projectiles out of thin air (but I think that goes for most magical girls in the series). Possibly also flight, or just jumping very high, but again that probably goes for all of them.

[–] Object 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Minimal contextHer ability as a magical girl is to travel back in time. So yeah, the meme itself is a spoiler.

[–] aether 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

huh, i've watched the first season but i still dont understand this... or maybe i forgot

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

There's only the one season, but the first two movies are remakes. The third movie is a sequel to either and there's a forth in production.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago

It’s helicopter time

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What could you even do on 9/11? Get up early to watch it all happen again? Better come on 8/11

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Homura..? She'd have more than time enough to do whatever she damn well pleased.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

what happened on the 9th of november?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

In Germany, everything

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

If you haven't read The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, put it on your list. Please and thank you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Damn, and here I was hoping she'd prevent the fall of Barcelona.

Oh, well. Chile is also fine, I guess.