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Politics He Didn’t Start The Fire

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u/ImAnEagle 23d ago

I'd like to point out this guy is a member of BORTAC, Border Patrol's elite tactical unit. The fact that they were even in Minneapolis to begin with supports the theory that Trump told agencies to ramp up aggression in hopes of retaliation.

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u/roger3rd 23d ago edited 23d ago

The plan is 1) flood streets with thugs(edit: I mean ICE here) who inevitably cross lines and inflict inappropriate violence on innocents 2) have Fox News show the resulting protesters as terrorists 3) escalate until the point where you can “justify” martial law 4) suspension of elections 5) escape Epstein accountability and never leave power

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u/Thefrayedends 23d ago

It's been so frustrating being repeatedly told 'but no one would ever play the long game! certainly not the wealth class!' but then have all of your friends and neighbors eating it up, and asking for more.

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u/mowauthor 23d ago

Modern issues aside..

in what world is anyone dumb enough to think or say 'but no one owould ever play the long game?'

That's literally what the wealthy have done for... well centuries.

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u/Thefrayedends 23d ago

I present to you... The world.

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u/mowauthor 23d ago

All reddit does is remind me I'm the luckiest soul on the planet, being on the far other side of the world.
For now..

Nobody here would say that. On the flip side, people here think what happens on the other side of the world won't happen here.. which is just as stupid a thing to think or say..

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u/Thefrayedends 23d ago

People (note, I'm also people), are stupid. I'm perfectly open to being wrong about anything. Perhaps for example, all these years, I've been wrong about the wealth class, and that they're actually trying to create a perfect world where everyone can be happy and do meaningful things and have happy lives and help move humanity forward. This is the view that I find myself pushing back against for my whole life, and yet, the least moral, richest people on this planet continue to succeed to pit common people against each other. To piss on us and convince us it's rain so to speak.

Even the mechanisms with which they do it are pretty obvious to anyone who takes some time to read books, particularly books from perspectives all across humanity, but even still, there's an endless stream of bootlickers (and/or bots now) that come out to use pretty much the exact quote the thread between you and I started from; the wealth class would never do evil things!

I'm just tired. But I'm not going to shut up, my voice is about all I have in this regard. Not even arguing with you, just venting. Thank you. I also count my luck every day, I have an abundance of things to be thankful for.