I still can’t believe he got away with this. The US is truly fucked.

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      Class solidarity. The bourgeois defend one another while the proletariat are easily divided.

      One of the more novel takes I’ve heard recently is to describe the current Trump ICE beef up as a war of the Unemployed against the Working Class. He’s literally vacuuming up jobless white men and turning them into an armed force against the migrant labor force.

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        One of the more novel takes I’ve heard recently is to describe the current Trump ICE beef up as a war of the Unemployed against the Working Class. He’s literally vacuuming up jobless white men and turning them into an armed force against the migrant labor force.

        that indeed is a novel and interesting take

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      did you see how successful they were? they didn’t even have a goal past “get inside”. they stoked fear and divided the nation further but those were byproducts not the goal.

      do not mistake violence for action.

      true power comes from collected minds, not those that threaten with big sticks.

      action is taken when an opportunity opens.

      who do you think would win in a fistfight, the one who is wildly swinging or the one standing back letting the other get tired and drop their guard?

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        Yeah the goal wasn’t for them, they were just meant to be idiot bodies. He wanted to have a large group of people there so when the fake electors were submitted congress members would feel pressured/it was the right thing to confirm them. He hoped Pence would fold, and try to help him, then claimed openly he didn’t have the courage to submit corrected electors which I believe is what led to people wanted to hurt Pence

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      Hate is a better motivator than dignity. Also better educated folks tend (not always) to prefer to preserve their lives and lifestyles.

      Fuckwit Frank who’s only ever paves asphalt for a living, drinks his pain away every night, and only ever hangs out with tweakers doesn’t care what happens to him in the end. Far as he’s concerned he might even do some good in dying. He’s wrong of course but self reflection ain’t that kinda persona strong suit