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He didn't deserve to be killed, but he was an asshole.

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[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

The government should instead help weapons, communications companies, large estate companies, and banks?

Yes, this is how monarchies operated through human history. The goal is to go back to that. To undo the efforts of enlightenment thinkers and revolutionaries that gave us societies with individual rights, popular sovereignty and seperation of powers.

Many that hold power and wealth want to turn back the clock to a time before systems held either in check.