[-] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

At this point, at least they're still using rubber bullets. But, that's the entire plan at the moment...keep shooting non-lethal rounds until someone shoots back.

Then...the safeties come off, and a lot of people die. It all depends on how long the protesters can keep their shit together before someone changes the nature of the conflict.

Right now, most of those soldiers are not going to be ok shooting civilians. But the instant they're getting shot at, there are no civilians anymore. Just targets.

[-] [email protected] -5 points 17 hours ago

If you've already decided that you want a civil war, then Trump doesn't need to find an excuse. You're going to force his hand. And any possibility that those soldiers might be on your side, disappears.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 17 hours ago

Only if people go into this looking for it.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 18 hours ago

If you really believe that, then you must know that attacking them isn't going to get you there. They need to see that what they're doing is wrong. And the only way to do that, is to make sure their orders are unjustified.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 18 hours ago

That's an Onion article. You can tell because Trump hasn't been shooting protesters for months already. That's what comes next. And that's when it stops being a protest, and turns into a civil war.

Don't be so eager to make that happen.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

That's the Insurrection Act. The only way Trump could invoke it, would be if the protesters were armed and attacking the government. That's the entire reason why armed protests are a very bad idea in the US.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 21 hours ago

This is like saying, "If you're going to be wrongly accused of a crime, you may as well commit it"...just to prove them right?

Not sure how this advice does anything other than give Trump exactly what he wants.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

AI consumes more resources than Bitcoin, at this point. We are accelerating our own demise, all for the spectacle of watching a computer hallucinate on command. There is nothing more decadently bourgeoisie than that.

[-] [email protected] 74 points 1 day ago

I can't even imagine the mental gymnastics required to be both "pro-labor" and "pro-AI". I mean, yeah I'm all about workers rights...but imagine how much money my boss could make if he just replaced us all with robots?

[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

...but, did it work?

[-] [email protected] 59 points 2 days ago

There is an implied contract between the States and the Federal government regarding taxation. The Federal government cannot cut funding to a State and still expect them to keep their end of that agreement.

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