• Clent@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    What’s the point of second amendment rights and claiming it’s for second amendment solutions then being surprised about this.

    The response of the internet should be a wake us call to the billionaires of the world. The kindling for revolution has piled up and it is only a matter of time before they all end on its pyre.

    I don’t expect things to go shift like they did during the Guilded Age. That was the aberration. Historically it has not been as nearly as bloodless. And today the people are armed in a way they never have been before. Ironically it’s the political party of the billionaires that has supported their arming.

    Their hubris will be their downfall. Whether it be this moment or another. The number of people with little to live for does not the benefit the wealthy.

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      21 days ago

      What are the odds the US government will label killing CEOs an act of terrorism and use that as an excuse to crack down on anyone publicly supporting acts like this? This all reminds me of Radicalized by Cory Doctorow.

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        21 days ago

        That seems like something someone might try but I could see how that might solidify it into movement and extend awareness of the cause. It would definitely lead to people using code words and phrases.

        It’s also not clear how that would world, it’s not like they arrest people for saying, “Death to America”

  • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    there really should be a movement to crowd out any information that’s deemed helpful under junk reports.

    “hello, helpline? that smiling guy in the hoodie? yeah, i saw him in my park in an inconsequential corner of the country. oh? 500 other people have sighted him elsewhere? i dunno about that. can i have my 10k now?”

    better still, that hoodie should become a uniform to be worn every day by every person who feels for the shooter. become the haystack that hides the needle.

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      20 days ago

      IRA assasins were very effective because they had a mass of support from the common people that formed a network of safe houses, provided aid, medical care, equipment …

      There’s a reason why the poor cheer men like Robin Hood