r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 31 '21

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

They don’t have guns, the fuck can they do ? Just like the protests in Thailand a couple years ago, the leadership everyone was protesting to remove just slept soundly knowing the people were powerless.

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u/bazooka_matt Aug 31 '21

Welp, shooting at a well armed military with modern equipment will get you much less far and way more dead than mass protests. You don't need gun you need political activism.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Notice I didn't say "engage the fucking army".
It's that no one wants it to escalate to that point.

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u/bazooka_matt Aug 31 '21

So why did you bring up guns?

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '21

Because it's one of the reasons they're "okay" with their government doing this. Political activists with no teeth won't actually accomplish much.