They are waiting the elections bro! Mid elections, final elections, 2026 elections and goes on.
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Aren't they also patiently waiting for Chat Control to pass, or are the French fine with it?
As an accomplished wizard, I can definitively state that fireball is the first, best solution to all problems.
Also the second, and depending on your level, third. Depends on available spell slots.
At this point, I can only imagine it’s out of spite. The regime wants violence, and we are certainly capable of it. But denying them the response they are begging for seems to really blue ball them.
We’re going to die probably. But on our terms, not theirs.
yeah, sure
Dictators use instigators to escalate the situation and remove personal freedoms. People are being smart and not falling for instigators, all history books shows how they use infiltrataded people to cause the authoritarian regime to attack protester. So I think people are being smart and they afraid from midterms and trying everything to see if they can have a provocateur before the midterms.
In France, the worst they will likely be met with is water cannons, tear gas, and potentially rubber bullets/beanbag rounds.
In America, it's more likely to be automatic assault rifles.
... AND THE HOOOME OF THE BRAAAAAVE
Ba dum tis!
French cops also shoot people who just drive away.
Sure and that gets a wikipedia page for you to cite. You're not wrong, just heavily downplaying the problem with this whataboutism. It's not about France where this thing is an exception, but about the US where this is becoming the norm.
automatic assault rifles
This is redundant, by definition all assault rifles have auto or burst fire modes. Anyone (including lawmakers) in the US who claims otherwise is incorrect.
Yeah that's not true. Semiautomatic assault rifles are very common in the US, more available by far than full auto.
Assault rifles have select fire, by definition.
I'm not American. I'm only aware of them in passing. It's not the sort of thing we learn about in school, over here.
I learned about this stuff from video games. The MA5B is full auto.
You may be right, I don't know shit about guns, but relying on information from a video game is not the smartest. The person deciding on what mechanics the different guns have, may not know anything about the topic.
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I don't understand this either. A few protests that aren't even in the news after a single day!?
You want to bet, it won't be any different if trump says there was too much fraud and cancels the midterm results? A week of protests and outrage, but by then he will already do something else outraging to talk about. Americans are neutered.
There's always the excuse that they can't take one single day off from work because they'd lose healthcare coverage yada yada. I used to think it was bullshit, that they're just lazy.
But... remember during covid, when a ton of people became unemployed? Suddenly they were protesting all over the place. Made me reconsider. I think the lack of social security really has them by the balls.
I read many -if not most- live paycheck to paycheck. If so, the problem might go way deeper than that.
By the "official" numbers, at least 1 out of 3 Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
At least
IIRC it’s 1 in 3 households are living paycheck to paycheck.
And if one member of that household loses their job, that means the entire household is fucked, at least probably.
Yeah, and are you going to tell me that the households on the bottom end of the income spectrum don't have on average more people than the rich fucks?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I mean, yes obviously it does. I don't begrudge anyone for being unable to comprehend life without all the basic safety nets civilized countries offer, but we can already barely afford food and rent. Oh got some weird medical thing that's concerning? Well I hope it's not cancer, buy a bunch of Tylenol and just hope it goes away. Doctor too expensive.
Yes, I agree. The system neutered them, I'm sure otherwise they are normal people. But the education they have. The price they gave to pay for it, theb guarded two party system where officias are bought by the rich, the bought media, the lack of healthcare and it's price, ...
This has produced the perfect cattle. The American aristocracy have made the perfect system, where everyone thinks they are free and are too uneducated, busy and sick to think about how much they are exploited.
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A few protests that aren't even in the news
Depending on how much you rely on main stream (especially legacy) news, you're highly unlikely to see one protester on the news for every ten thousand on the street.
Turns out that the billionaires and hectomillionaires that own all of the biggest media outlets don't like to draw attention to people criticizing their golf buddies when they don't have to.
I'm not saying we shouldn't do more, but there are plenty of ongoing protests. Just because you don't see them in the news everyday didn't mean they aren't happening. Minneapolis, Portland, LA, DC and more all have protests that have been more or less ongoing since the shit hit the fan in their respective areas. The difference between this country and Franve can't be understated im terms of geographic size and population density. It is MUCH harder to sustain protests when we're all so spread out compared to am entire country the size of Texas.
It's not about that. Your protests are meaningless. They don't do anything. They are just pointless parades. The officials don't need to care about them.
Entrée Madame la Guillotine
Blatantly copied it…
Goddamn IKEA. Have they seen oligarch necks?! This thing has maybe 5-10 good chops in it.
But then again, could make for a lovely spectacle - hear me out.
10 of these delivered by pallet, efficiently flat-packed, to the stage. The oligarchs, milling about in their corral, cast their eyes up at the sudden disturbance, lick their lips at the raw, delicious shareholder value on naked display.
The Executive Executors, unhooded, unhurried, and unafraid - begin to unbox, and then to build. The livestream is immaculate.
10 of these
Do you not know ikea? They are a company that does mass production. They do not put out a product so they can sell 10. They will chop whole forests and mine entire mountains so they can provide the global population with their products. They understand supply and demand. They will make loads more than just 10
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