all cases of extreme economic inequality result in a police State, or pitchforks
See, he’s pleading with his fellow plutocrats because he thinks they want to maintain a free society. They don’t. They’re pushing for a corporate run Police State. They’re not worried about pitchforks, because they believe they can continually suppress uprising with brutal laws, and an even more brutal police force. I’m not sure that they’re wrong. It’s worked in Russia, North Korea, China, and many smaller countries for a very long time. They don’t care about the United States of America. They don’t share our ideals. They can’t wait for neo-feudalism.
I think a lot of people will be shocked at how hard and fast they stamp on any popular movement.
You can see how they are going at Mangione. Ok, it’s Murder 1 open and shut - but they are trying to nail Terrorism in it and a bunch of other stuff .
Once they succeed, anyone who speaks for mangione can be considered a terrorist sympathiser.
If you’re a Terrorist sympathiser, you are now eligible for surveillance without judicial oversight under the Patriot Act .
Which in turn means if you go to protest and throw a rock, or push a cop, congrats you are now a fully qualified “enemy combatant” and they can do anything they want because you have no legal protections at all.
