• alapakala@quokk.au
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    14 hours ago

    ‘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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    15 hours ago

    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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      13 hours ago

      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.”