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> there's less and less available jobs for working age men, those men will find something to occupy their time I am going through lists of Capitol stormers. I

• cbozeman 6y ago
  I think you're focusing on the storming of the Capitol itself and not the over-arching sentiment that even makes such an event possible. As a species, we're not exactly martyrs. Its the reason one man with a shotgun can hold 26 people hostage. At best, if every person bum rushed him, he might get 2-4 shots off. That's the absolute best case scenario. The logical thing to do is a coordinated attack, because then you ensure the safety of the group instead of your individual safety. So it goes with this. If hundreds of people were willing to storm the Capitol, its because hundreds of thousands - possibly even millions - have the same sentiment, but for whatever reason - distance, fear of reprisal, etc. - couldn't physically be there. I think that incident was 1) just the start of many more riots / clashes and 2) evidence of much larger, broader problem that we need to solve.