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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by psychlops on Thursday January 28, 2021 @09:12AM (#25941957)
Stalin empirically disproved that statement.
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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by cableshaft on Thursday January 28, 2021 @09:48AM (#25942493)
Fair point, so I guess if the leader gets really blatantly violent, along with enough government propaganda, it can stop a revolution.
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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by imtringued on Thursday January 28, 2021 @03:12PM (#25948345)
Luddites is also a good example. Oh, you are poor and starving and protesting on the streets? They start destroying machines? Time to arrest everyone, even those who did nothing.
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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by psychlops on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:47AM (#25943668)
I'd also make the argument that it's easier to do with today's technology than when Stalin did it.
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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by rjtavares on Thursday January 28, 2021 @12:11PM (#25945020)
The propaganda is easier, the violence is harder. Don't know how that balances out...
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