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>The worst part is that we no longer have any power to do something about it. That's not true. If a large enough mob of citizens went to the capital, burned do
by logicchains 1y ago
>The worst part is that we no longer have any power to do something about it.
That's not true. If a large enough mob of citizens went to the capital, burned down the government building and harassed MPs on the street (and followed them to their homes), as recently happened in Nepal and before that in Bangladesh, things would change very quickly.
- lotsoweiners 1y agoExactly! Creativity is dead to so many people.
- freedomben 1y agoWith no privacy though, how do you even talk about it with enough people to organize?
- logicchains 1y agoThe same way people did before the internet? The American revolution didn't require E2E encrypted communication, nor did the French one.
- freedomben 1y agoNo, but the government also didn't have the communication and organization ability either. Imagine if the British generals could have communicated in real-time with London, or had spy satellites that could watch the revolutionary troops in real time, or had the ability to fire missiles thousands of miles with extreme precision. There would absolutely be no USA if they had
- octo888 1y agoIn the UK, if this comment could be traced to your ID/address, you'd be arrested likely on terrorism charges.
- logicchains 1y agoNot if I was a Labor supporter: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/15/suspended-labour-councillor-ricky-jones-found-not-guilty-of-encouraging-violent-disorder https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/15/suspended-l...
- foldr 1y agoHe was acquitted by a jury. Do you think Keir Starmer is bribing juries when the defendant is a Labour supporter or something? I'm sorry if that sounds flippant, but what exactly is your assumption about the underlying mechanism here? If there were some sort of Labour cabal controlling the justice system then this person would never have been arrested and tried in the first place.