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>Yeah, plus they're practically the only country that hasn't had serious government threatening civil unrest for 160 years and they still brag about guns. Ther

• oblio 5y ago
  Do you mean this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army Or something else? I guess that's the closest thing that would qualify. But compared to the anti-government protests that have probably happened in half the countries in the world during the same time period, it's peanuts. Example from Romania: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%932019_Romanian_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%932019_Romanian_pro... Half a million people protesting out of ~18 million or so. For reference, that would mean 10 million people protesting at the same time in the US. I wonder if even the civil rights movement during the 60's ever got that many people out on the streets at the exact same time.
  • modo_mario 5y ago
    No, I meant this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain I agree tho. In general the US is rather good at keeping down any kind of protests that pose an existential threat or undermines it's major goals.