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| Civil Unrest Was Inevitable - Here's How It Will Be Exploited To Bring In Tyranny |
| 2020-06-04 |
| [Alt-Market] Mass civil unrest is a cumbersome weapon for societal change; like an oversized caveman club made of oak. You can barely swing it, and when you do you might destroy an enemy with it but you could also unwittingly destroy innocent people at the same time. Once the weapon is in motion adjusting its direction or momentum becomes difficult. I prefer the scalpel approach - Find the cancer and cut it out directly, rather than bashing at the whole body just to get at one tumor. Another problem with protests and riots is that they often have no discernible goals, or they lose track of their goals almost immediately. When the initial protests started, they targeted the police precinct in Minneapolis which was home to the officers that killed George Floyd. In my view this was perfectly acceptable. At this stage a majority of Americans were on their side. Many conservatives and law enforcement officers even came out in support of these measures and admonished the actions that violated common police procedure and led to unnecessary death. |
| Posted by:Clem |
| #3 We're headed into the "negotiate the payoffs" stage. Unfortunately, even if this phase is over, there will be a fire next time. Sometime before Election Day. |
| Posted by: charger 2020-06-04 20:19 |
| #2 The necessary attention span just isn't there... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-04 06:32 |
| #1 Is it just me, or der Revolution is running out of steam? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-06-04 02:09 |