• Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    I find myself wondering how much can the People take before they break out the pitchforks

    Quite a lot, actually, based on historical precedence.

    It’s going to take mass starvation and lack of food access for people to get fed up. It’s always food access that tips the scales.

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      2 days ago

      Most people do not care about some corrupt politician whose activities seem inconsequential to their own circumstances is getting away. It needs to affect them in a tangible way for people to care.

    • RainbowHedgehog@50501.chat
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      2 days ago

      That’s going to be pretty soon at this rate. The number one reason people are looking the other way is because they’re afraid of losing their jobs and healthcare. We’re heading for a bad recession this summer where a lot of people will lose both anyways. So they will be all out of excuses.

      This is also why fired federal workers are one of the angriest groups so far.

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        2 days ago

        Also, food isn’t the only way to get people to turn to violence. Violence against a population, collective punishment, and unnecessarily dangerous work conditions work as well. The American Revolution turned from a political squabble to a military one when the British heavily occupied Boston as punishment. Labor strikes used to be violent, mainly out of necessity.