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How do you imagine that authoritarians get going? Hint: It requires a horde of angry hillbillies, every time.
by bdamm 6y ago
How do you imagine that authoritarians get going? Hint: It requires a horde of angry hillbillies, every time.
- tharne 6y agoUsually revolutions are headed by the upper middle classes, not the lower classes. Che was a doctor. Pol Pot was educated at elite European schools. Heck, look at the founding fathers of the U.S. These were guys with education and money.
- triceratops 6y agoIsn't Trump a guy with education and money?
- watwut 6y agoDegree and money yes. Education as in learning and knowing things, not so much.
- wonnage 6y agomao was a farmer you dumb hillbilly
- dang 6y agoHey, can you please not post like this here? or like these? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25662616 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25662616 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25595546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25595546 We're trying for quite a different sort of discussion, and the two sorts are not compatible, the way forest fires and hiking are not compatible. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- willcipriano 6y agoJust the first counterpoint that comes to mind, the Bolsheviks were angry hillbillies?