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1. gcanyon · 1789646338 · focus · HN ↗

   > failed to adequately verify the information before launching the strike

   I'm so proud to be an American today :-(

   1. MomsAVoxell · 1789646697 · focus · HN ↗

      Then do something about it - inform yourself about the other days.

      The USA has been dropping bombs on innocent people on average for the past 25 years every 15 minutes.

      The only force capable of reining in the US’ out of control military industrial complex, is the American people themselves. Until they do, the atrocities continue unabated.

      1. zzgo · 1789647011 · focus · HN ↗

         I can't even get the government to take masked federal agents off my streets, how the hell am I going to rein (not reign) in the military industrial complex?

         1. pezezin · 1789650448 · focus · HN ↗

            Don't you guys have your famous 2nd amendment to protect your democracy from tyrants?

            1. bix6 · 1789652380 · focus · HN ↗

               No that’s just for school shootings and LARPers.
            2. t2r3121 · 1789652913 · focus · HN ↗

               Only local tyranny, like the county government.

               1. krapp · 1789655468 · focus · HN ↗

                  Americans were literally more up in arms over social distancing and masks than any thing Trump has ever done.

                  1. dgellow · 1789657860 · focus · HN ↗

                     I was in NYC during a no king protest, it was the lamest public demonstration I ever experienced given how bad the circumstances are. On a weekend, everything was done after ~2-3h, then back to work as usual on Monday. If you miss that short period of time you wouldn’t even notice something happened.

                     If there is one thing you can all learn from Europe is how to do a protest that cannot be ignored by your administration

                     1. gcanyon · 1789694117 · focus · HN ↗

                        Trump wants the violence. There's a difference between protesting a government that will follow the rules even if the people don't, and protesting a government that won't follow the rules even if the people do.
                  2. techgnosis · 1789669032 · focus · HN ↗

                     This is correct. Nothing will change.
            3. voakbasda · 1789655311 · focus · HN ↗

               That’s all we have left. Speeches, voting, and juries will not save us from a system this corrupt. The ongoing civil war will turn bloody eventually.
            4. zzgo · 1789683756 · focus · HN ↗

               Given all the gun owners who yearn for authoritarians, and the advocates for a CEO-type leader whom only a landed and monied few should be allowed to vote for, I think the guns will actually be brought to bear on those of us who wish to protect what remains of our democracy.

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