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I really, really do not think that's one of the reasons it doesn't happen in America. In particular, the largest protests against American elections (in my lif
by quesera 10mo ago
I really, really do not think that's one of the reasons it doesn't happen in America.
In particular, the largest protests against American elections (in my life at least) have been populated by almost-certainly unarmed protesters.
And there are many other countries with strict gun laws (i.e. not the US) where police don't fire upon crowds for any reason.
- honeycrispy 10mo agoI think you have too much faith in humanity. It had never happened in Tanzania until recently. And I think you're right about them being initially unarmed, but most people do have guns at home.
- quesera 10mo agoI'm depending on Americans to have a limit to their willingness to harm other citizens. I know that hasn't been much in evidence lately, and I know that American humans are no more special than any other humans. But we're starting from a very different place than, e.g., Tanzania. I predict reversion to the mean, not revolution. (It can be argued that what we're seeing right now is the reversion to the mean, which is a whole different cart of apples.)
- rustcleaner 10mo ago>I really, really do not think that's one of the reasons it doesn't happen in America. It really, really is the biggest reason it doesn't happen.