It was a “rubber” bullet, but still.

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  • NobodyElse@sh.itjust.works
    452·
    11 days ago

    Despite Obama’s “hope and change” promises the first time around, they were both status quo presidents who needed to ensure the dominance of the state above all else.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      715·
      11 days ago

      But don’t you wish we had status quo now? I could go for a little stability and respect with a side of human rights and investment in the future

      • SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml
        272·
        11 days ago

        a side of human rights

        You mean like expanding the United States’ illegal drone assassination program?

        That status quo comfort you’re yearning for is exactly what lead us here in the first place.

        That stays quo was built on incredible amounts of violence inflicted on the global south, and now the imperial boomerang is coming back around.

        So no, I don’t wish we had ‘a bit of that status quo’.

        • Jtotheb@lemmy.world
          8·
          11 days ago

          I was replying with something snarky like ‘hey Alexa how many people did we kill in the Middle East while I was big chilling’ so thank you for producing an actual productive response first

      • Krauerking@lemy.lol
        153·
        11 days ago

        Ah yes love that stability built on the sounds of millions of broken backs it was built upon and the silent screams of the drowning poor. Stings like respect for human life and investment for the rich should.

        Status quo was just ignoring the pain of those that had to be crushed beneath to give the false sense of everything remaining the same for the last 20 years.
        I’m not sad to see it go just mad with what is replacing it.