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I find this to be a much more compelling commentary and concern than the one I replied to. If what you mention does happen, it will be legitimately frightening.
by whymauri 6y ago
I find this to be a much more compelling commentary and concern than the one I replied to. If what you mention does happen, it will be legitimately frightening.
At least when authoritarianism hit my home country (Venezuela), we could leave.
- MattGaiser 6y agoIf we go back to the Kent State shooting, Gallup found that 58% blamed the students and 11% blamed the National Guard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings#Aftermath_and_long-term_effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings#Aftermath... I don't see it as a crazy idea that shooting some protestors would be popular.
- whymauri 6y agoI've told friends that I have a sinking feeling a Tiananmen Square-like event might happen soon in the US. I predict that there will be people online arguing the semantics of what constitutes a "massacre" or a "tragedy." I hope we never get to that.
- NonEUCitizen 6y agoDid you see the videos of police SUVs driving through the people? The tank in Tiananmen Square actually stopped.
- rvschuilenburg 6y agoThat was just one tank though. You can't really compare what happened in Tiananmen Square to what's happened in the US.