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In reply to the discussion: One person shooting many people is just the flip side of many people shooting one person [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)It's as obvious as the nose on my face. It is the reason Oath Keepers get away with all kinds of stuff. Their 'authority' is recognized by other authority in charge. Otherwise Bundy would be in jail and the Keepers would be labelled a terrorist organization.
The issue is it is wrong to go against the law, yet when that system breaks down and it has people start to do what maybe they would not have done under a more stable system.
I think 'radicals' show up at times of civil unrest. And this is one of those times. Our police forces now have military hardware and that image too calls up dread in the more unstable. IMO.
We are the anti-tranquil nation. Everything is hurry up and wait. Violence is the job of the military and police. Mix that all together with civil unrest and you get radicals with far too many guns acting out their sick fantasy.
Too much violence? In a military culture that has no rules on commerce, I expect nothing less.
America will always be a military nation, we will never underspend on the MIC.
It owns us.
EDIT - Yes, I blame pretty much every modern problem on the Military Industrial Complex. So sue me.