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deliriumcrow:

kilsikon7:

In France, I like to think they *remember* what happens when they protest too hard. The French are exceptionally good at protesting, and we should maybe consider learning some things from them.

stuff like this really frustrates me because it’s not like americans are uniquely wimpy little bitches. america has the most expensive military in the world and our police get the surplus. we don’t riot like the french because we are in effect a nation under martial law, with police that will kill us unchecked at any opportunity.

we also have insane incarceration rates, and are held for months to years without trial. once out of jail, our job prospects are shit. if we’re convicted of a federal crime, we can’t vote anymore, and if we’ve been to jail once and are arrested at another protest, we go to jail basically forever.

america the extractive capitalist empire is in a state of active warfare not just against foreign nations but also against its own citizens and generally it wins. that’s how it works. that’s how all of this works.  im not saying it’s hopeless, i’m saying americans are fighting against way, way longer odds than you might think for our basic rights to be human beings instead of corporate resources.