This is retarded; governments want violent reactions. They put millions into militarizing police for just this reason. Violence is easily put down and allows them to delegitimize their opponents.
If you want change, get in there and do it yourself.
Are you a school board trustee? Do you attend meetings or write letters? Do you even volunteer at your local school? Or have you done nothing and, when that didn't work, decided to just straight to violence?
I do think there are times when violence is the sole response (if the government took my kids like they did those in residential schools, that would be my line), but we're not even close yet. Options need to be exhausted first, or else you just look like a naive child (at best) or an unhinged radical undermining everything you stand for.
The use of violence is a popular topic but I've yet to hear anyone describe the framework under which violence would be employed.
It seems like most people think we should be picking up our guns and walking down to the school board meeting and demanding changes at gun point. This would end in absolute disaster for everyone involved, and whose to say the new changes, even if implemented successfully, could even be considered legitimate?
The sad truth is, when the country is filled with corrupt and degenerate people, we get a corrupt and degenerate government. A tiny number of armed individuals storming into local government offices and demanding changes is the epitome of illegitimate government.
No, in order for violence to be employed justly with the goal of creating something better than what we have now, there needs to be a very clear framework and justification that is morally and logically sound. I've yet to hear anyone bring forward such a framework.
This is retarded; governments want violent reactions. They put millions into militarizing police for just this reason. Violence is easily put down and allows them to delegitimize their opponents.
I agree with you that options need to be exhausted first, but the fear I am expressing is that once those options have been exhausted people will not acknowledge that they have been exhausted. People will cling to the idea that they can still use something other than violence, when violence is at last the sole option on the table. They'd rather fool themselves for their entire lives.
This is retarded; governments want violent reactions. They put millions into militarizing police for just this reason. Violence is easily put down and allows them to delegitimize their opponents.
If you want change, get in there and do it yourself.
Are you a school board trustee? Do you attend meetings or write letters? Do you even volunteer at your local school? Or have you done nothing and, when that didn't work, decided to just straight to violence?
I do think there are times when violence is the sole response (if the government took my kids like they did those in residential schools, that would be my line), but we're not even close yet. Options need to be exhausted first, or else you just look like a naive child (at best) or an unhinged radical undermining everything you stand for.
The use of violence is a popular topic but I've yet to hear anyone describe the framework under which violence would be employed.
It seems like most people think we should be picking up our guns and walking down to the school board meeting and demanding changes at gun point. This would end in absolute disaster for everyone involved, and whose to say the new changes, even if implemented successfully, could even be considered legitimate?
The sad truth is, when the country is filled with corrupt and degenerate people, we get a corrupt and degenerate government. A tiny number of armed individuals storming into local government offices and demanding changes is the epitome of illegitimate government.
No, in order for violence to be employed justly with the goal of creating something better than what we have now, there needs to be a very clear framework and justification that is morally and logically sound. I've yet to hear anyone bring forward such a framework.
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I agree with you that options need to be exhausted first, but the fear I am expressing is that once those options have been exhausted people will not acknowledge that they have been exhausted. People will cling to the idea that they can still use something other than violence, when violence is at last the sole option on the table. They'd rather fool themselves for their entire lives.