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Who do you want to step in to save the capitol from armed right wing protesters? The police and the military are largely sympathetic to the right wing. The onl
by fruitworks 1y ago
Who do you want to step in to save the capitol from armed right wing protesters? The police and the military are largely sympathetic to the right wing.
The only solution is for the left-wing of US politics to stop disarming itself. The reason that voting power exists is because it represents the fighting power of the voters. When you decouple the two, you create a power imbalance that gangsters and tyrants can exploit.
Capitol riots are just a symptom of that power imbalance.
- whimsicalism 1y agojeez and you accuse me of LARPing online. call me when your revolution starts
- fruitworks 1y agoHow to win any argument on HN: 0. Start by moving the overton window to the edge of civility. Do not provide any justifications for your opinion. For example, "Protestors inside a government building should be met with violence" 1. Don't address any points they make 2. Make a snarky passive agressive response, thus winning. 3. Flag them for hurting your feelings. By discussing your ideas concretely ("who should perform the violence" "why?"), they have explored the "uncivil" aspects. This grounds for deleting their comment.
- whimsicalism 1y agosorry for not engaging faithfully with a user that called me a coward within 3 sentences. your comment was flagged by third parties
- fruitworks 1y ago[flagged]
- yibg 1y agoOr just start with ad hominem attacks first and then get indignant when the other person doesn't want to engage in an "argument".