• alapakala@quokk.au
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    ‘illegitimate‘ protests

    TIL protests need to be legitimate, from a president at that! Let me check the constitution real quick!

  • NoTagBacks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    The response to the last crackdown was more protests and angrier protests. Surely it’ll be different this time, right? Not like this is France we’re talking about or anything.

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      Authoritarian bullshit is the same whether it comes from the left or the right. They just want to protect their own positions of power by maintaining a big enough crowd to protect them and carry them wherever they want to go. When the crowd gets even a little bit unruly, they all act the same way.

      Like Gandhi whoever the fuck originally said: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

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      Always been. Just a lot of strong headed French not caring about the rules and do what they wabt anyway. Once in a while, the Etna erupts.