archomrade [he/him] to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago"You're fooling yourself, we're living in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes...."imagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down126
arrow-up1122arrow-down1image"You're fooling yourself, we're living in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes...."archomrade [he/him] to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squarearchomrade [he/him]OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·7 months agoBut a protest that can’t be safely ignored is a choice to destroy the country, apparently
minus-squarejaspersgroove@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoWell, as JFK said, a nation that makes peaceful protest impossible makes violent protest inevitable. It doesn’t have to destroy the country, but if it comes to that…you can’t say nobody warned you.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoWell yeah. Imagine we couldn’t ignore a protest against democracy. What would that even mean?
But a protest that can’t be safely ignored is a choice to destroy the country, apparently
Well, as JFK said, a nation that makes peaceful protest impossible makes violent protest inevitable.
It doesn’t have to destroy the country, but if it comes to that…you can’t say nobody warned you.
Well yeah. Imagine we couldn’t ignore a protest against democracy. What would that even mean?