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"See, people with power understand exactly one thing: violence." - Noam Chomsky.

• kindatrueyo 6y ago
  They do. But you can't complain if they answer in that same language. Like the current protesters who act surprised and offended when they get shot with rubber bullets after throwing bricks, rocks and enhanced fireworks at the police or people they deem opponents. "Live by the sword, die by the sword" -Matthew 26, 26:52
• throwaway894345 6y ago
  I've been pretty happy that pretty much everyone (left, right, white, black, etc) agrees that the rioting and looting are just opportunistic violence and not actually part of the protest or "sending a message to people with power". Defending or promoting violence of any kind is repugnant, doubly so when it's directed toward impoverished communities.
  • zajd 6y ago
    > Defending or promoting violence of any kind is repugnant, doubly so when it's directed toward impoverished communities. Turns out when you do this endlessly, as many Police departments have done for our entire lifetimes, people eventually get desperate and resorts to more "loud" means to get their point across. If you want it to stop, listen. If you create an environment where extrajudicial murder is simply looked at as "the cost of doing business" you're going to get a world where riots become "the cost of doing business"
• arpa 6y ago
  The full quote is, however, "See, people with power understand exactly one thing: violence. If violence is effective, it's okay. But if violence loses it's efectiveness, then they start worrying and have to try somethong else." - Noam Chomsky.