> I also want to recognize that I can freely talk about this publicly, openly, and take to the streets with protests against such things, without fear the gover

> I also want to recognize that I can freely talk about this publicly, openly, and take to the streets with protests against such things, without fear the government will lock me up in a labor camp or "disappear" people (re: Jack Ma). It's because those protests are almost totally impotent and actually reinforce state power. The protests against the Iraq war were some of the largest in history and achieved precisely squat. When there is some seed of real potential, like the Floyd protests, everything you're saying doesn't happen absolutely can and does. https://abcnews.go.com/US/body-cam-footage-shows-minneapolis-police-allegedly-hunting/story?id=80434010 https://abcnews.go.com/US/body-cam-footage-shows-minneapolis... https://www.npr.org/2020/07/17/892277592/federal-officers-use-unmarked-vehicles-to-grab-protesters-in-portland https://www.npr.org/2020/07/17/892277592/federal-officers-us... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/02/police-shootings-less-lethal-eye-vision https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/02/police-shoot...