DC Unrest Megathread

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Why aren't the police subduing these lowlifes? What a trainwreck.

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Plus no building is no important than the Capitol. That's just sacred. You don't touch that.

It's great when the neolibs' masks slip just enough that you can plainly see that their true fidelity is to mere physical presentations of state power (i.e., literal buildings) and other physical objects, lol.  Power resides in people, not building.  If the U.S. Capitol ever becomes a symbol of a system of civil government that does not serve the best interests of the people, then it will deserve to be burned to the ground.

Like I said, if Joe Biden had any balls (like I wish he did), he would be declaring provisional government and martial law tonight.  Would he, if successful, destory the system of government that keeps Republicans artifically in power?  Probably yes, but that's the price that has to be paid to reconstitute our belief in a government that works for "the majority" (defined however the mob wishes.)  This isn't a Republican or Democrat thing, it's a matter of renewing our right to self-determination and refreshing the civil state (which really hasn't been seriously updated since the New Deal/WWII.)    

Scott, once again, captures my thoughts on today's happenings almost perfectly:

The system is broken and it needs to be rebuilt from the ground-up. I don't care who sparks it, but this is actually a moment for the disenfranchised and the cynics on both the left and right to retake the country for ourselves.

Conservatives care a lot about property andsymbols too but the pearl clutching on CNN about the beloved building they used to work in definitely made me appreciate a little to see their meaningful little thing that means nothing to me at all get harmed just like mine did earlier this year. (Yet not even close to the same degree of damage.)

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https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1347050074505957376

They are so scared that he's the one force that can unite the party with Trump out of the way.

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If Trump is not removed via the 25th or impeached, expect him not only to pardon himself but also to pardon the mob. These pardons will be upheld to the outrage of the media and the common citizen alike, and the mob will give us all the middle finger with their soyface images as they get to continue to enjoy their rich lives in their conservative bubbles.

I'd say more than half of those violent people will be indicted when round 2 happens. This is why you take thugs off the street.

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I didn't realize a harmless extra layer of security was such an infringement of one's freedom.

I have liberal Twitter fanatics jumping all over me for making a TSA joke last week since I am insufficiently supporting the great work the TSA people do to keep us safe. Seeing the New Left openly mock anyone who doesn't full-on embrace any security measure makes me feel like I am living in bizarro world. Completely incompatible with the first half of my political existence.

It's not an issue where I personally care all that much. The reversal in passions is all the more amusing as a neutral. Another thing where Chapo is more right than not though: the amount spent per life saved shows a complete misallocation of resources. I will never quite understand how people these days are so terrified of death. No amount is too much to prevent that fifth standard deviation event...