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South Korea declares martial law
- taylodl 2y agoHere's your blueprint, America. Martial law had to be declared to protect South Korean "freedom and happiness" from the elected members of the opposing political party. Sound familiar?
- noworriesnate 2y ago> We had to destroy the village in order to save it. - Unknown U.S. Major in WWII > We have to destroy democracy to save it - Anti-populists in 2024
- ttyprintk 2y agoYou slept through Jan, 2021?
- noworriesnate 2y agoDid you notice how the only people who were armed were the police and bodyguards of the elite?
- taylodl 2y agoNo, I didn't. What I noticed is people were armed with bear spray, baseball bats, and spears, along with other makeshift armaments such as fire extinguishers which were used to bludgeon police officers.
- ttyprintk 2y agoI have seen the video with my own eyes. Long guns carried around the capital. Nooses. Homemade napalm. The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
- noworriesnate 2y agoFor four years people have called it an armed insurrection, but if Trump won the popular vote this year, and the authority to rule flows from the people, then clearly the people support the "insurrection." My mother in law HATES Trump and thinks the popular vote was "hacked," and I know that's a fairly popular opinion among anti-populists--is that one of your priors?
- ttyprintk 2y agoOlder, vulnerable people told me that voting for Trump this year was a way to avoid another Jan 6. Your mother in law is brave to say that. Tucker Carlson is a coward for claiming, despite the video, that Jan 6 was unarmed.
- noworriesnate 2y ago> Older, vulnerable people told me that voting for Trump this year was a way to avoid another Jan 6. Unfortunately it's not easy to have an honest conversation with someone who opposes Trump about Jan 6, precisely because of the cases where people's family ratted them out, ongoing imprisonment without trial, etc. > Your mother in law is brave to say that. She thinks she's going to prison for voting against Trump, so I definitely agree with you there. > Tucker Carlson is a coward for claiming, despite the video, that Jan 6 was unarmed. I guess it depends on what you mean by armed. If people were planning on actually wresting control of the government then they would have brought their firearms. None of the protestors had firearms. Some had improvised weapons, like bats, so yeah that's my bad for not being clear. A select few were armed with bats. It's more about intent, right? If you're going to overthrow the government you're obviously not going to leave your real weapons at home and instead just bring baseball bats. Also, events like Jan 6 are massive, complex and chaotic--and what is happening in one area can be totally unlike what is happening in a different area. Especially if there are organized groups trying to take advantage of the dissatisfaction in the crowd. Anyone showing videos and trying to characterize the event a single way is oversimplifying to fit their agenda.
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- thesuitonym 2y agoGiven the nature of US-Korean relations, I would suspect the USA gave South Korea the blueprint, and it's more of a trial run.
- taylodl 2y agoThat's an interesting perspective. Out of curiosity, who from the US do you have in mind for providing Korea the blueprint?
- cyclecount 2y agoThat would be Dwight D. Eisenhower and his secretary of state John Foster Dulles.
- dogma1138 2y agoEh… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Republic_of_Korea https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Republic_of_Korea
- beanjuiceII 2y ago[flagged]
- graton 2y agoSeems like it is already being discussed in: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42306020 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42306020
- jacknews 2y agoWill this end k-pop?
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- dsdxd 2y agoWow. That Johnny Somali guy really did a number on them. (Humor)
- ChrisArchitect 2y ago[dupe] More: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42306020 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42306020