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minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up47arrow-down1·3 months agoThere are several historical examples where a dictator tells the military to shoot civilians, they say no, and the regime collapses. https://bsky.app/profile/gowder.io/post/3lr3wsvffds2l
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up57arrow-down1·3 months agoThe world is also filled with governments that ordered the military to shoot civilians and are still comfortably in power. No country is immune to authoritarianism, the US is not exceptional.
minus-squareWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoThe US is just exceptionally good at being a dictatorship.
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minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoOn the contrary, people are pessimistic as hell. Source: this thread.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 months agoYeah, really if anything we need optimistic and angry
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minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIf that were true, no revolution would have succeeded, ever. You don’t win if you don’t believe you can.
There are several historical examples where a dictator tells the military to shoot civilians, they say no, and the regime collapses.
https://bsky.app/profile/gowder.io/post/3lr3wsvffds2l
The world is also filled with governments that ordered the military to shoot civilians and are still comfortably in power. No country is immune to authoritarianism, the US is not exceptional.
The US is just exceptionally good at being a dictatorship.
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On the contrary, people are pessimistic as hell. Source: this thread.
Yeah, really if anything we need optimistic and angry
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If that were true, no revolution would have succeeded, ever. You don’t win if you don’t believe you can.