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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by thedevil on Monday November 27, 2017 @05:12PM (#15792056)
The people in power have to fear losing elections. The system was specifically designed so the masses can force change without violence.

Supporting terrorism to override that system is awful, regardless of how you feel about capitalism.

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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by mschuster91 on Monday November 27, 2017 @05:23PM (#15792159)
> The system was specifically designed so the masses can force change without violence.

Point is, you need masses. Masses that are interested in politics, and actually have the time to be interested in politics! If I would have to work two (or more) jobs to get by certainly politics were solid bottom of my priority list. Democracy needs an electorate that is interested in democracy or it will get owned by a minority who is, and then dismantled.

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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by logiclion on Monday November 27, 2017 @06:06PM (#15792546)
since you seem to be replying to everyone else can you please reply to my comment as well? I'm curious where the downvotes come from but no one is addressing me...
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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by wu-ikkyu on Monday November 27, 2017 @06:05PM (#15792538)
>The system was specifically designed so the masses can force change without violence.

It was also specifically stated by the system architects that their safeguards would inevitably become null.

With that being said, I do not advocate such violent measures. The strategies of Dr. King seem to me to be more effective than violence when dealing with an enemy which has a monopoly on violence.

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