• Pili@lemmy.ml
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        29 days ago

        I think it originally referred to the people supporting the droning of civilians in the middle east in guise of “fighting terrorism”. Nowadays it refers to liberals who blindly support everything NATO and their allies are doing.

    • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      29 days ago

      I think it means imperial core liberals, and I think it’s in reference to:

      But now that drones have become ubiquitous in warfare, it doesn’t make much sense anymore.

      • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        29 days ago

        i want to imagine that it came from a world too innocent to believe that drones would become so ubiquitous in warfare. lol