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Budi

(15,325 posts)
2. I know of none. If the horrific result of such violence doesn't move the needle,
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 09:57 AM
Jun 2022

..then gov't seems to be the only solution, I guess.

Magoo48

(4,717 posts)
3. Yes, there are ways, but masses of people would be required to act in unison.
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 10:19 AM
Jun 2022

This requires being inconvenienced. Americans will accept anything from creeping fascism to eventually dying of there own way of life to loss of voting rights to half of us losing control of their own bodies so long as they are not inconvenienced. So,. On and on.

When the people lead, politicians will follow. So, direct actions and peaceful civil disobedience must be massive and sustained. It must do damage to the morbidly rich where it hurts them the most—the bottom line. Government won’t just do it. In our situation now, they can’t just do it. They are afraid to really lead us, because most want to keep their jobs.

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