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by vouaobrasil 558 days ago
No way. Humanity since the dawn of time has always had the potential to mob when things became dire. We still have it today, only it is more controlled via technology and rationality. This killing will not start anarchy. But it does have the capability to start a resistance against existing power structures, and that is what everyone is actually (consciously or unconsciously) worried about. We are only conditioned to believe that anarchy might ensue as that is the easiest way to instill fear of rebellion against the power structure.
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s1artibartfast 558 days ago
Yes, and mobbing often leads to mass deaths and people worse off than the state before. I dont think this is the straw that breaks the camel's back or anything. It just seems like one more incremental step in the wrong direction.

Maybe I'm sensitive because I have been reading about the french revolution, and how mob rule lead to mass murder which left everyone worse off.

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justinclift 558 days ago
> mob rule lead to mass murder which left everyone worse off.

From your point of view was the "everyone left worse off" a short term thing, or did it eventually come good for most, or something else?

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s1artibartfast 558 days ago
I think the french revolution left everyone worse off than if it didnt happen, The first republic didnt address any one the underlying economic issues. The failure of populist mob governance lead to first empire, and the Napoleonic wars which killed several percent of Europe's population (~6million) in France's attempt to loot its way back to economic prosperity.
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justinclift 558 days ago
Sounds like a reasonable way to look at it.

How far along the path do you reckon the US is to the same kind of thing?

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s1artibartfast 558 days ago
No clue. However if I were to speculate on a comparison, I think the us would skip the first Republic entirely and go straight to a repressive authoritarian police state fighting domestic terrorists.

I don't think any of the revolutionary elements can get enough support for governmental change, and the majority wold rather give up their freedoms than give in to terrorists.

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