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Greenwald rang the alarm on this just yesterday. Violence in the Capitol, Dangers in the Aftermath From the Cold War to the War on Terror: the harms from auth

by alecco 6y ago

Greenwald rang the alarm on this just yesterday. Violence in the Capitol, Dangers in the Aftermath From the Cold War to the War on Terror: the harms from authoritarian "solutions" are often greater than the threats they are ostensibly designed to combat. https://greenwald.substack.com/p/violence-in-the-capitol-dangers-in-67f https://greenwald.substack.com/p/violence-in-the-capitol-dan... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25686567 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25686567

jp57 6y ago
If they had burned the Capitol to the ground with everyone in it, Greenwald would be concerned about the authoritarian harms of the response.
- zepto 6y ago
  It would still be a concern!
- kthxbye123 6y ago
  To his mind, the greatest possible evil is that someone, somewhere, might be held accountable for their actions.
  - dang 6y ago
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- ErikVandeWater 6y ago
  I feel like you are proving his point? Can you imagine the authoritarian lockdowns if hundreds of US politicians were killed? Every remaining politician would do everything in their power to not have that happen again, regardless of the constitutionality of those actions.
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by alecco 6y ago

jp57 6y ago

If they had burned the Capitol to the ground with everyone in it, Greenwald would be concerned about the authoritarian harms of the response.

zepto 6y ago
It would still be a concern!
kthxbye123 6y ago
To his mind, the greatest possible evil is that someone, somewhere, might be held accountable for their actions.
- dang 6y ago
  It looks like your account has been using the site primarily for political and ideological battle. That's the line at which we ban accounts (see [1] for more explanation), regardless of which politics or ideology they're battling for. We have to, because it destroys what HN is supposed to exist for, which is curious conversation, not smiting enemies. I've therefore banned your account. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. The rules are here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=primarily%20test%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...
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ErikVandeWater 6y ago
I feel like you are proving his point? Can you imagine the authoritarian lockdowns if hundreds of US politicians were killed? Every remaining politician would do everything in their power to not have that happen again, regardless of the constitutionality of those actions.

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