Comment on Police station set on fire in Sunderland as unrest rolls on
happybadger@hexbear.net 3 months ago
I’m so curious to see how far this will go, especially if the police response is overwhelming as Starmer’s indicating. With the cost of living crisis only going to worsen this strikes me as a stupid version of the Freikorps being driven by the post-WW1 German economic collapse. A racist lynching or the police shooting a protester could both really explode this thing.
bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Only the Freikorps went after Socialists, here the police isn‘t supposed to stop the Left but the Right. Also interesting but different. Ah, and I don‘t think the Freikorps were driven by the economic collapse as much as the Social Democrats.
Flyberius@hexbear.net 3 months ago
Watch as Starmer’s response is used to crush the left and appease the right.
echodot@feddit.uk 3 months ago
What are you on about like seriously what aspect of his response made you think that this was going to be the outcome?