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But nobody thinks that way. If they can kill your friends, they can round you up afterwards and kill you. Once it gets to that point, there's no reason not to
by impossiblefork 2y ago
But nobody thinks that way. If they can kill your friends, they can round you up afterwards and kill you.
Once it gets to that point, there's no reason not to immediately organize a military response.
- giraffe_lady 2y agoHold on to that thought we're going to need it this summer.
- impossiblefork 2y agoAh, I'm Swedish, so I can't really help you.
- nkmnz 2y agoAlmost every single authoritarian thinks that way. That’s how they stay in power. Please google Volksaufstand (1953), Hungarian Uprising (1956), Prague Spring (1968), Tiananmen (1989), Vilnius Massacre (1991)…
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago>But nobody thinks that way. And yet history shows many (dozens?) of instance where that's exactly what most people thought.
- pjc50 2y agoMilitary responses are very hard to organize if you're not already the military. Having a bunch of demonstrators killed is usually the final step in consolidation of power. Especially if the rest of the public isn't 100% behind the demonstrators.