profdc9@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This seems so incredibly ill-advised. If students become martyred by trigger-happy snipers, these protests will boil over into open violence. Imagine thousands of videos flooding social media in an instant showing student corpses. I fear that gasoline has been poured and matches are being lit everywhere.
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
There won’t be any meaningful amount of violence. People in the US are total bitches when it comes to actually fighting the system. At worst, there will be a riot, where the most predominant activity is looting, and then the National Guard will be called in and everyone will roll over like they always do.
Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
To be fair it’s kind of hard to not roll over to the National Guard
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
I think we could deal with the National Guard if people were motivated enough. Even I’m surprised with the shit some people get their hands on here. There’s plenty of people that treat the Second Amendment like a religion, and plenty of others that love blowing shit up for fun.
Quexotic@infosec.pub 6 months ago
Username checks out…
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 months ago
We’ll get some kickass industrial songs about it in 15 years though.
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
There ain’t gonna be a 15 years from now.
Leviathan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Sir, this ain’t the exciting dystopia, this is the boring dystopia.
deft@lemmy.wtf 6 months ago
Totally not true lol. Jan 6th, LA riots of the 90s, the various riots during the height of BLM movements, Seattle, Unite the Right rally both sides.
People are upset, they cause damage and even sometimes try to assassinate people. The US probably faces more domestic terrorism than most places.
We have a very strong police state
littlebluespark@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The People didn’t cause damage in Portland as much as the fucking pigs lit fires and defaced buildings to then blame the protestors for it, FYI. Caught on video from multiple angles and everything, yet still nothing in the way of consequences. “Police state”, you say? It’s fascism in a candy wrapper.
deft@lemmy.wtf 6 months ago
Lol okay my point stands people are constantly in the streets fighting.
Fascism is a police state, a police state is fascism.
Why are you fuckin mad? lmfao