The thing that the oligarchs fundamentally misunderstand is that civil society and social safety nets were the compromise of the social contract. Dismantling civil society, rolling back civil rights, looting public resources, and exacerbating unimaginable wealth inequality fundamentally breaks it.
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They are going to try the boots on our throats approach.
Just. At this point there is no way out without massive bloody conflict, and I grieve for all of us.
Revolution is bloody! No matter how it ends, it is fueled by the blood of the people. I grieve.
― Alexander Solzhenitsyn,
It doesn't have to be at the same time, earthquakes happen because of the buildup of pressure from thousands of tiny actions, until the stored energy overcomes the tectonic pressure holding the land together.
I'm scared.
This one hits different but just as good.
Keep it up.
Thats it, those are the options, historically speaking. I've got a preference. I wonder if they do.
https://youtu.be/dpB03eQyGg8?si=KZS-a9WU00NaNRSA
Perhaps they just believe that they can set up their autonomous Tech Bro island colonies before shit goes down.
I want to believe that's a uniquely Russian phenomenon, but I worry it isn't.
When your choices are funding a genocide vs funding a genocide.. I think many just said wtf's the point.. can you blame them? Dems want to settle out of fear and abandon our values.
They want to be feudal lords, it's really the only endpoint of libertarian tech bro ideas. They know exactly what they're doing.
Or at least the militarized police force.
I can't think of a time in history where police are so funded and equipped, and yet so incapable of doing basic things.
As a native of Portland I can tell you that when police are outnumbered, they feel compelled to take the safety rails off.
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript