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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

"we're experts, we studied administrations where the government was comprised of people that gave at least 1/3 of a fuck what the population thought so naturally my opinion can be applied to an administration that gives absolutely no fucks whatsoever about the population."

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 8 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

They care enough that they're trying to talk it down. Having a big chunk of the population turn out to tell off a dictator is a key step in how they lose power

[–] ClassStruggle@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

Dr. King's policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That's very good. He only made one fallacious assumption: In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think they are concerned about it in the slightest as far as it making them consider changing anything for the positive, they're utilizing it as a way to brainwash the base into believing that America is full of traitors so they're much more accepting of the increase in political persecution they're going to push towards.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 15 hours ago

The brainwashing is much harder when its your own community turning out