Something something society hinges on eight meals.
If the meals keep coming people will avoid violence and put up with a lot.
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I don't want to sound like a Bible beater because religion is very much not a part of my life. But I know the Bible. If the warnings in Daniel, Theologians, revelation about an antichrist is true, everything that describes an antichrist, Trump fits to a a T, and this board of peace. I dunno it's starting to be more than a coincidence to me.
Is the interview only two questions and answers for anyone else?
They have a weird paywall up. I even tried accepting their (mandatory) cookies and it wouldnt let me in
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No resistance! That's why ICE shot those people!
This guy clearly didn't do any research on the street.
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I suspect most people feel that if things get too bad (too late) things will be taken care of for them, someone else will do it, etc. Despite all the rhetoric there is still a lot of faith in the system, at least from the older folks. I have to say it is quite eerie and weird though and not in a good way.
Maaaan I hope myLTC comes soon.
You're not seeing real resistance because people in this country have been convinced that they don't need to exercise their 2nd Amendment. That it's an outdated amendment that only "those other people" feel a need to exercise and that police and national guard are going to fill the role that a citizen formed militia would. Also they're trialling this stuff in cities where armed resistance isn't likely to occur. Let's not forget that they only teach the non-violent aspect of the civil rights movement and completely gloss over the impact armed minorities had in the face of violent oppression. Folks need to wake up.
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Americans don't care nearly enough as long as they still get their benefits from imperial plunder.
It’s this actually. Nothing Trump has done has personally impacted most Americans, so they aren’t going to riot in the streets yet. By the time he does, they will have deployed the army and America will get to have its own Tiananmen square.
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