Cant imagine making 30 k a year and having to pay even 1600 in taxes. This is saying it will increase that much.

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    The population has been made isolated at the community level. There are very few local groups doing any reaction at all to this.

    And violent reactions which are successful are a group action; it’s very seldom an individual, in any era of history, changed the politics by themselves.

    And as long as there are no impromptu gatherings of significant frequency, there will be very little violence.

    The internet is not a replacement for community driven change which powers all social and political movements, peaceful or not.

    The turning point, if there is one, will be lots of local meetings by the thousands , and not until then. No matter how violent or passive the individuals be

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      Americans won’t form violent groups because they’re trapped in the mind prison of nonviolence. They think violence is wrong.

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        It’s because it IS wrong. Animals resort to violence when they don’t get their way.

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        There is still a lot of violent potential in all this population, it just needs to be nurtured by a working grassroots movement. And that is broken. Just like you can drive a car with a working motor, that has a busted axle; you cannot lead violent people to do things if there is no place to hook up or meet in person.

        This applies to the people who oppose you as much as you, and I mean anyone. So, the current situation is sort of a stabilizing force at the moment