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minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up61arrow-down1·edit-28 days agoRemember! They wouldn’t do this if they didn’t think they had to - this government action comes from a place of weakness, not strength.
minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·8 days agoNo it comes from long experience of knowing they will get away with it.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 days agoThen why didn’t they do it before? Or sooner? There’s a reason they delayed doing this.
minus-squareBrainInABox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoBecause they’ve been slowly sounding out how much they could get away with for a long time: pushing the envelope a little bit further, seeing what the response is, and then pushing it some more then they see they can get away with it.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-28 days agoThey need to do this to maintain authority and control. I don’t mean they need to do this for public safety or anything.
minus-squarejaxxed@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·8 days agoThis is likely a part of the Authoritarian plan, as opposed to a response to loss of control.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 days agoIt’s not about a loss of control, it’s about maintaining control to prevent a loss of control. They don’t want another BLM summer.
minus-squarejaxxed@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoI still think that they have been looking for an excuse, in order to change the paradigm in a fundamental way.
Remember! They wouldn’t do this if they didn’t think they had to - this government action comes from a place of weakness, not strength.
No it comes from long experience of knowing they will get away with it.
Then why didn’t they do it before? Or sooner?
There’s a reason they delayed doing this.
Because they’ve been slowly sounding out how much they could get away with for a long time: pushing the envelope a little bit further, seeing what the response is, and then pushing it some more then they see they can get away with it.
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They need to do this to maintain authority and control. I don’t mean they need to do this for public safety or anything.
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This is likely a part of the Authoritarian plan, as opposed to a response to loss of control.
It’s not about a loss of control, it’s about maintaining control to prevent a loss of control. They don’t want another BLM summer.
I still think that they have been looking for an excuse, in order to change the paradigm in a fundamental way.