I don't think a suit is going to make him any less of a jackass. He'll just be a jackass in a suit.
MystikIncarnate
joined 2 years ago
That's just like... You're opinion, man.
If it's tried, it could very easily kick off the next world war.
Can we not?
Other than storing programs in it?
Oh boy. I remember seeing an 8 track system once.... I was very curious, and honestly, I still don't have any of the answers I wanted. They're just no longer relevant. The tech was old when I was a kid.
I used dial up, so anything that's post-Internet, I'm probably older than. I still remember the idiot news anchors going "move over Internet, here comes the world wide Web".... They're literally the same thing. What the fuck are you talking about?
Hitler comes to mind.
IDK if it killed democracy because it can fail. Almost all systems of government have failed.
The only one that hadn't (yet) is democracy.
Not sure why anyone would be surprised that democracy has a best before date...
I'm older.
Let's just leave it at that
Narrator: they didn't.
I can likely fall into some version of a category of learned professional. IMO, it's fine, many of us have made our migration to Lemmy. Reddit can burn.
That's just it. Police beat and harass people and the public barely takes note. So fighting back and getting beaten isn't really going to move the needle here in terms of public support. Those that would be outraged by someone getting disappeared in broad daylight by thugs in all black with masks on, that are claiming to be law enforcement, will also be outraged by anything more significant. From a public support standpoint, you don't gain a lot of attention by fighting back and getting beaten.
Honestly, someone should go to the local PD and report that person as missing/abducted.
To be clear: anyone with the skillset, knowledge and experience to effectively stand their ground against these kinds of people, absolutely should.
Unless they clearly identify themselves and show proof (badges and documents) that prove their claims of being law enforcement, you should 100% fight back against being kidnapped by these thugs. They are little more than a gang with government funding if they're not doing things "by the book" so to speak.
As far as I can see, most of this kind of thing that's been happening lately is more based on feelings and assumptions by a small group who is going around mostly unchecked, doing a lot of damage. If the police/LEO crowd had a PR problem with BLM (and all related incidents including protests) then this is going to be a complete shit storm when it finally hits the fan, which might be four years from now....
On an individual level, I completely understand why someone untrained and unprepared would want to avoid any harm coming to them by complying, regardless of who the perpetrator is. Whether police, FBI, homeland security, secret service or some other form of LEO, or simply an organized gang of thugs.... Self preservation is going to be the main goal. Far be it for me to fault someone for doing what they feel is going to give them the best outcome in that scenario.
10/10.
Completely accurate, no notes