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[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

police homicides on citizens more than tripled in 20 years

[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Authoritarian government...

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] DiaMatEnjoyer@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 months ago

Pedophile dictatorship of the bourgeoisie*

[–] Maeve@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Correction taken.

[–] Ilikecats@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is just another way liberal democracy/capitalism acts like an abuser, lashing out and intensifying their abuse in a desperate attempt to make their victims submissive and subservient again.

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 months ago

It's definitely not the sign of a confident and stable system.

[–] SarkyCog@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How many of those yearly totals are higher than the Tiananmen Square total?

[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] SarkyCog@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Around 300, so just like I thought, all of them are higher, even ignoring that most of those 300 were soldiers

[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ohh I get it, so you meant like higher in the sense that the US numbers are worse, even accounting for much of Tiananmen losses being military. With your first post, I thought you were doing the "but what about bajillion killed in Tiananmen Square thing" for a moment there. 😅 Glad that wasn't the case.

[–] SarkyCog@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 months ago

I don't blame you for being cautious. I honestly didn't consider that there could be a liberal or two around these parts.

I'm amazed people are acting shocked. It's not as if there aren't a plethora of examples throughout history of this always happening as a regime becomes a wounded dog.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 5 points 2 months ago

I like that the source of the data is right there.

[–] USA_Humiliation@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 months ago

its time to move out of this shit hole