maness300 @ maness300 @lemmy.world

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The cops don't exist to protect people.

They exist to protect businesses.

It's bigger than "China and their censorship."

The problem, as always, is maximizing profit. As long as people put profit before everything else, whoever has the most money is going to control what happens.

Then it's worse than I thought.

Kind of strange that a culture with so many pariahs seems to also have a stranglehold on any dissent.

I guess China is the same way, so I shouldn't be surprised.

Yes, but this is Navalny in Russia.

It will teach people not to do the same thing in the future.

"Bravery" points on reddit-like forums don't mean much in the real world.

Russians know it to, they just can't do anything about it.

Did he really need to sacrifice himself for that?

Is there seriously anyone who was in denial until they learned about Navalny?

It's objective fact.

If you think the United States is "the only nation where this regularly happens" then you are objectively wrong. It's literally quoting an onion article. Lol.

It doesn't matter who upvotes you, but a lot of you people don't get that.

Maybe I'm correct and you're just trying to fit in with people who are wrong.

Your argument makes no sense.

You acknowledge progressives won't vote for moderates. But what makes you think moderates won't vote for progressives if they don't have a choice?

Do you really believe the people who voted for Clinton wouldn't have voted for Sanders in the general? If so, then shouldn't the blame be on them too? If not, then can you admit you're wrong?

Yeah, it's a big reason why I think civil disobedience is making a comeback.

People are realizing the government doesn't exist for them; it exists for the ruling class. That's not how it should work and we don't have to play by the rules they make for us.

It's completely related, you just don't like to hear it so you're pretending it doesn't make sense.

No. I said my rebuttal then gave evidence to support it.

Just keep ignoring everything that goes against what you read on the onion.

I've literally said this isn't the only nation this happens regularly and now you're moving the goalposts rather than admitting they were wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

Zionists have a disproportionate amount of influence in NYC.

Keep fighting the good fight! Zionists are the new Nazis!

I think it's more fruitful to address why people go on killing sprees instead of trying to prohibit the tools that they use.

To this day, it doesn't make sense for someone living in rural America to be against gun ownership because they have to rely on themselves for their own protection.

That said, there are legitimate arguments to be made for allowing cities to ban gun ownership.

It's not the only nation where this happens regularly.