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minus-squareTown@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 months agoThey feel protected because they think a violent populist reaction will be a few more lone actors.
minus-squareCobraCommander@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoAnd as long as Dems keep pushing the “violence is bad and what he wants, just vote and primary people” narrative it will be.
minus-squarechaogomu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoWell, the Dems are sort of right, violence is bad, and it is exactly what the fascists want, but it’s also the only way that oligarchs have ever been removed from power. They never go willingly.
minus-squareCobraCommander@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoViolence is a tool, one they want only for themselves to use against the people to maintain their power.
They feel protected because they think a violent populist reaction will be a few more lone actors.
And as long as Dems keep pushing the “violence is bad and what he wants, just vote and primary people” narrative it will be.
Well, the Dems are sort of right, violence is bad, and it is exactly what the fascists want, but it’s also the only way that oligarchs have ever been removed from power. They never go willingly.
Violence is a tool, one they want only for themselves to use against the people to maintain their power.
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