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[–] BobbyBandwidth@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why do you think the cops have tanks now

[–] fidodo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Strikers were bombed back in the day by aircrafts. Unionization was won through enduring warfare yet we just gave it away. Shows how powerful unionization is that the elites are completely terrified of it, and that they have surpressed the history of it so few will know how much blood was shed to get it.

[–] TheDubz87@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was gonna say, we get shot for protesting now...probably gotta change that part first.

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] TheDubz87@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I misspoke...er...typed, we get shot and have no real way to defend ourselves being wildly outgunned by police. Thanks for that PBS article btw. I hadn't heard of a lot of these happenings, and I'm still reading through it.

[–] oSillyScope@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You think we are outgunned? Really? That's awful silly of you.

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bruh, there's no way you can take on the greatest military machine in history.

[–] oSillyScope@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

You forget that every part of that machine is a person. No soldier is going to attack his fellow citizens. The cops are not people, but we outnumber and outgun them by orders of magnitude. Either way I am willing to die trying. You can stand with us if the time comes or you can enjoy that boot you're currently deep throating. The choice is yours.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

They got wise to that and called in the police and military to help them.

[–] IninewCrow@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.”
― George Carlin

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social -4 points 2 years ago

He was really wrong about voting though. If it didn't matter, the fascist GOP wouldn't be fighting so hard to prevent people from voting.

[–] Cruxifux@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I feel like it’s the working class who forgot.

The rich are well aware, which is why they put so much energy into making us think that isn’t an option.

[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's eerie how little opposition this kind of murder/violence fantasies get here

[–] Silviecat44@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago

I agree. Its really weird. They have such a bloodlust

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social -4 points 2 years ago

The Waltons are a family. Just saying.