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The guillotines are never coming out. Just look at the Soviet era. Whenever there was a little uprising, the state just killed people. Then they killed some

The guillotines are never coming out. Just look at the Soviet era. Whenever there was a little uprising, the state just killed people. Then they killed some others to make an example. Secret police, surveillance, neighbors that snitch on you, we have it all now. The psychological condition has been much too strong. People identify with the state. It's a part of them, it's a part of who they are.

wayoutthere 5y ago
That’s changing; we have strong anti-government groups on both the right and left. People identify with the mythology of America, but not the state. We were literally 5 minutes from a guillotine event just 6 months ago. Those people didn’t go away and they only radicalized a lot of the left to oppose them (gun sales have been persistently high and all indications are that the strong majority of purchasers over the last year have been on the left). The real danger is the far-right and far-left have a whole lot in common around economic conditions and the labor market. They just disagree about the cause. So the culture war is stoked to make sure they never find common ground.
- linuxftw 5y ago
  > We were literally 5 minutes from a guillotine event just 6 months ago. I don't think that's true, despite how the media may have portrayed it. > So the culture war is stoked to make sure they never find common ground. I do agree with this. That's why we have to challenge each other to look past this pettiness and focus on the real issues.
  - papito 5y ago
    With all due respect, you don't know that. By pure miracle, the lawmakers escaped the chambers and very shortly after the seditionists flooded in. What would happen IF they got a hold of say, AOC or Pelosi is probably more grim than not. They were not there to have a frank conversation using some harsh language.

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The guillotines are never coming out. Just look at the Soviet era. Whenever there was a little uprising, the state just killed people. Then they killed some

by linuxftw 5y ago

wayoutthere 5y ago
That’s changing; we have strong anti-government groups on both the right and left. People identify with the mythology of America, but not the state. We were literally 5 minutes from a guillotine event just 6 months ago. Those people didn’t go away and they only radicalized a lot of the left to oppose them (gun sales have been persistently high and all indications are that the strong majority of purchasers over the last year have been on the left). The real danger is the far-right and far-left have a whole lot in common around economic conditions and the labor market. They just disagree about the cause. So the culture war is stoked to make sure they never find common ground.
- linuxftw 5y ago
  > We were literally 5 minutes from a guillotine event just 6 months ago. I don't think that's true, despite how the media may have portrayed it. > So the culture war is stoked to make sure they never find common ground. I do agree with this. That's why we have to challenge each other to look past this pettiness and focus on the real issues.
  - papito 5y ago
    With all due respect, you don't know that. By pure miracle, the lawmakers escaped the chambers and very shortly after the seditionists flooded in. What would happen IF they got a hold of say, AOC or Pelosi is probably more grim than not. They were not there to have a frank conversation using some harsh language.