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Lanthanae ,
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Why do we accept this stuff. Why are we not revolting in the streets.

skeezix ,

You’re Americans. You’ve evened trained to accept this stuff as business as usual

JDPoZ ,

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    skeezix ,

    In France, for example, the country riots when they raise tuition a few percent, or if they raise retirement age 2 years. There is no such widespread pushback in the US for issues of far greater concern, because as you said, you’ve been trained to understand that your protest may be deemed illegal. Your FTFY can be summarised into “we’ve been trained”

    verdare ,

    Seems like large-scale learned helplessness.

    kebabslob ,

    That’s because it is

    argv_minus_one ,

    You can vote, but both of the major parties are pro-police.

    Um, this happened in a red state. This shit almost always happens in a red state.

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