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[–] 116 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Wow. He’s really leaning into this crap full force, publicly. He’s giving a full demonstration of just how untouchable he feels.

Worse, he has that little boy with him all the time now, watching him do these things.

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  • He’s giving a full demonstration of just how untouchable he feels.

    This is such a huge part of the psychology behind authoritarianism. It's about harsh rules and repression, and the perverse enjoyment of the privileged few, that can be above the rules. It's like a schoolyard bully, really, beating you up but also snitching on you to the teachers, and then enjoying the teachers not believing you. The hypocrisy is not a fault within authoritarianism, it's an essential component, of how it functions ideologically.

    Taking away their feeling of being untouchable, is a massive part of how to combat it. That requires, at this point, revolutionary change, because damn, the foundations of property are all in their favour.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    What little boy? You aren't referring to that ambulatory kevlar vest with the overactive nasal mine, are you?

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    There's this UA drone video of a FPV drone swooping in to hit a squad of Russian soldiers hiking a treeline, and at the very last second you can suddenly see a puppy running between their feet.

    Every time I see that child, I think of that clip of the puppy :(

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