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The people who thinks this will degenerate to violence will be disappointed. The truckers are normal people with mouths to feed and a retirement plan to save, n

The people who thinks this will degenerate to violence will be disappointed. The truckers are normal people with mouths to feed and a retirement plan to save, not a militia made of radicals, as we saw at the bridge. What will happen however is that the problem just going to be moved elsewhere. Trucks might begin to slow down, citizens might continue to assemble, in Ottawa or elsewhere. How protesters are going to find other ways to protest will be very interesting to watch and how the government will respond will be terrifying.

whdm2000 5y ago
Yes, it will show that you can’t really lead your people in this way. They are the people who run the society, and the government depends on the people, not the other way around.
vorpalhex 5y ago
I recommend reading up on Shay's rebellion from US history: https://www.history.com/topics/early-us/shays-rebellion https://www.history.com/topics/early-us/shays-rebellion The truckers assert their livelihoods are already heavily impacted. This crowd appears to be much larger than simply anti-vaxxers.
- karpierz 5y ago
  Shay's rebellion consisted of veterans, still armed with their weapons from the rebellion they'd fought a few years ago, at a time where the US government didn't have a standing army. I don't think those lessons quite transfer over here.
  - TeeMassive 5y ago
    > at a time where the US government didn't have a standing army Also at the time the government didn't have critical infrastructure
    - salawat 5y ago
      Ding ding ding. Funny how blocking the arteries of power projection by authority always seems to garner a quick response innit?
  - Mountain_Skies 5y ago
    On the other hand, the protestors are armed with thousands of cameras. Any violent act by the authorities will be quickly spread worldwide. They have to use kid gloves here or will quickly amplify the opposition to themselves. That the truckers won't get violent makes it even worse if the police do.
refurb 5y ago
This is my guess. They’ve already blocked off another border crossing between BC and Washington State. The government can come and clear it out, then they’ll be another assembly somewhere else by a different group. Unless Trudeau is willing to mass arrests of thousands of Canadians, he won’t stop it. It seems to be the problem the government has is looking weak - but invoking an Emergencies Act only makes them look more desperate. My guess is this goes on for a few more weeks while the Canadian gov’t and provinces declare “no more need for Covid restrictions thanks to our amazing handling of the situation”. The govt gets to save face while giving the protestors what they want.

whdm2000 5y ago

Yes, it will show that you can’t really lead your people in this way. They are the people who run the society, and the government depends on the people, not the other way around.

vorpalhex 5y ago

I recommend reading up on Shay's rebellion from US history: https://www.history.com/topics/early-us/shays-rebellion https://www.history.com/topics/early-us/shays-rebellion The truckers assert their livelihoods are already heavily impacted. This crowd appears to be much larger than simply anti-vaxxers.

karpierz 5y ago
Shay's rebellion consisted of veterans, still armed with their weapons from the rebellion they'd fought a few years ago, at a time where the US government didn't have a standing army. I don't think those lessons quite transfer over here.
- TeeMassive 5y ago
  > at a time where the US government didn't have a standing army Also at the time the government didn't have critical infrastructure
  - salawat 5y ago
    Ding ding ding. Funny how blocking the arteries of power projection by authority always seems to garner a quick response innit?
- Mountain_Skies 5y ago
  On the other hand, the protestors are armed with thousands of cameras. Any violent act by the authorities will be quickly spread worldwide. They have to use kid gloves here or will quickly amplify the opposition to themselves. That the truckers won't get violent makes it even worse if the police do.

refurb 5y ago

This is my guess. They’ve already blocked off another border crossing between BC and Washington State. The government can come and clear it out, then they’ll be another assembly somewhere else by a different group. Unless Trudeau is willing to mass arrests of thousands of Canadians, he won’t stop it. It seems to be the problem the government has is looking weak - but invoking an Emergencies Act only makes them look more desperate. My guess is this goes on for a few more weeks while the Canadian gov’t and provinces declare “no more need for Covid restrictions thanks to our amazing handling of the situation”. The govt gets to save face while giving the protestors what they want.