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| ▲ | jawilson2 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” -Thomas Jefferson I personally think the tree of liberty is probably getting pretty thirsty. |
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| ▲ | RobotToaster 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | "god forbid we should ever be 20 years without such a rebellion" Thomas Jefferson | | |
| ▲ | p_j_w an hour ago | parent [-] | | It’s been over 150 years since we killed a bunch of tyrants here, and even then a lot of the tyrants got to live. |
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| ▲ | stetrain 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The longer people see issues that are not being solved via peaceful means, the more accepting they become of non-peaceful means. I'm not advocating for those means, but I understand how people are feeling more helpless than ever to just "let the system work it out" when the system appears to be bought and paid for by a small concentration of corporations and people with an increasingly disproportionate share of wealth. |
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| ▲ | mschuster91 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > To these constantly wound-up people, every problem, no matter how big or small, can only be solved by brutal violence and savagery. well, the idea of democracy was to offer a viable path for people's discontent to be heard and remediated. Unfortunately in most Western countries, dysfunctionality and corporatism have taken it over, and that is why you're seeing authoritarians on the rise across the world. They paint democracy and "legacy" figures as the scapegoat and themselves (plus handing them allllllll the power) as the only solution - just look at Milei and the chainsaw. |
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| ▲ | ofjcihen 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Honestly it sounds like I’m not inviting either of you to a party. |
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| ▲ | cindyllm 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
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