Kazakh president gives shoot-to-kill order to quell protests

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[–]BravoVictor 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

People do not go home as your theory predicts, proving you wrong.

They go home all the time. The Occupy Wallstreet protesters during the 2008 housing bubble eventually went home. The protesters during 2020 Covid lockdown riots went home. The French yellow vest protesters went home. There were several other protest movements all through Europe over the last decade.

All of those protests were driving by economic hardship. None of those protesters got anything they wanted. All of them went home. The power structures that caused their hardship are still in place.

Obviously people feel thier Government is too corrupt. The president is a puppet of Russia.

Obviously? Do you live there? Do you know even one person there? No, you get your info through our own horribly corrupt media pushing talking points issued by our own corrupt government.

And when the propaganda works enough the public into a big enough fury, our government will ship over some of us to fight and die there in order to expand its power. Funny how that works.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The Occupy Wallstreet protesters

They were never placated with a reversal of some policy that was claimed as the start of the protest.

My argument is that no revolution was ever quelled by the reversal of whatever policy or price hike was the straw that broke the cammels back.

Your claim that the Wallstreet protest is a counter example to that is so retarded that it proves your arguments are disingenuous. You obviously have no intereste in an honest debate.

[–]BravoVictor 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Your claim that the Wallstreet protest is a counter example to that is so retarded that it proves your arguments are disingenuous. You obviously have no intereste in an honest debate.

I cited my examples directly refuting your premise, and in response all you can do is just name-call? If you're that thin-skinned, please go back to Reddit.

Yes, we're done here, because you're not interested in an honest debate. I won't respond to you any further.