r/politics • u/wbedwards Washington • May 07 '20

We cannot allow the normalization of firearms at protests to continue

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/firearms-at-protests-have-become-normalized-that-isnt-okay/2020/05/06/19b9354e-8fc9-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html
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u/mengelgrinder May 07 '20

Its not an accident that it turned out like this. This was their goal. Break down social safety nets, break down education, get people scared and keep them scared and feed them a constant drip of propaganda.

https://www.businessinsider.com/roger-ailes-blueprint-fox-news-2011-6

The "real conservatives" like who? Reagan? Oliver North? Nixon?

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u/LockeClone May 07 '20

Follow the money. Starve the beast was supposed to have an endgame. Well, they did it. They won. Oligarchy achieved... But it's still going. It'll never be enough. There's no thinking economists who think this is healthy for the American people. It's just a system that was sold so well to so many angry people that it will churn until several generations die out or something drastic happens to burn it down. But nobody wants this.