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One of them was shot and more than 600 were sent to prison. Seems stable enough to me.
by stickfigure 2y ago
One of them was shot and more than 600 were sent to prison. Seems stable enough to me.
- gmueckl 2y agoStable democracies hand over to new governments without bloodshed. Any amount of violence in the process is too much to count as stable.
- pc86 2y agoStable democracies can preserve themselves even against undue influence. Even if you think Jan 6 was a carefully calculated and orchestrated attempt at a "kill the elected leaders and install sycophants in their place" style coup d'état - or perhaps especially if you think that - the result proved the US's stability.
- itslennysfault 2y agoPretty safe bet those in prison will be pardoned, and I wouldn't be shocked if the dead traitor got a posthumous medal.
- p2detar 2y agoHow about send to prison the main culprit behind it? > Starting at 11:58, from behind a bulletproof shield, President Trump gave a speech, declaring that he would "never concede" the election, criticizing the media, and calling for Pence to overturn the election results. Just reading about the whole thing again on Wikipedia is appalling beyond belief. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack#Trump_supporters_gather_in_D.C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capito....