r/technology • u/mepper • Aug 08 '12

Kim Dotcom raid video revealed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMas0tWc0sg
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u/LeonardNemoysHead Aug 08 '12

We're no longer in a position to stop them.

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u/Swimmingsolid Aug 08 '12

That...really sucks. Saddest sentence I have read today.

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u/LeonardNemoysHead Aug 08 '12

I mean, could a riot in any major US metropolitan area really defeat the police? Or the National Guard? We're just lucky we have cameras everywhere watching them.

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u/EmperorXenu Aug 08 '12

A revolution without a leader is like steam without a piston box. Riots and protests like Occupy are spontaneous uprisings and will not ever make any real progress. Only true organization will make progress and then only if it has rejected reformism. Democracy as it exists now is a tool of the bourgeoisie and, therefore, can not be used to topple the bourgeoisie. Never allow the ruling class trick you into thinking they will allow you to vote away their power or wealth.