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minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·3 天前I believe the term for this is “political blackmail”. Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
minus-squaremynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·3 天前Sounds like terrorism to me
minus-squareAnti_Iridium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 天前No, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.
minus-squaredesktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down6·3 天前because it’s a tool that can be useful
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 天前It shouldn’t have to be useful. This is just a sign of failed governance.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 天前It’s useful in a healthy democracy. Which the US isn’t.
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 天前Maybe as a last resort. Not the defacto standard, every couple of months let’s hold the entire government hostage. Hey let’s do some really evil shit and if you don’t agree, we’re gonna shut down the government and not pay anyone.
I believe the term for this is “political blackmail”.
Why it is accepted and legal, I don’t understand.
Sounds like terrorism to me
No, no, terrorism is when you kill people who have money.
because it’s a tool that can be useful
It shouldn’t have to be useful. This is just a sign of failed governance.
It’s useful in a healthy democracy. Which the US isn’t.
Maybe as a last resort. Not the defacto standard, every couple of months let’s hold the entire government hostage.
Hey let’s do some really evil shit and if you don’t agree, we’re gonna shut down the government and not pay anyone.
Yes, of course, as a last resort.
Useful to whom?