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@SecondJon
Prepare yourself.

Michael Parenti lays out the systemic issues well.
invidio.us/watch?v=GEzOgpMWnVs

There's more where that came from. Many historians have covered where and why things went awry.

@freemo @realcaseyrollins

@NeikoCat B-But corporations are people too! That's what USA law says! I bet looting kills them more so!
@NeikoCat because flu is more or less predictable and logical. outraged mob seeding wanton destruction is unpredictable and could as well mean revolution or fall of critical structures
Why are people scared of the riots and looting?

The flu kills way more people every year.

A quote from Benito Mussolini. The quote reads: You know what we need more of? islamophobia. It's integral to fascism.

@don stupid. and dishonest. the opposite of the truth. as you know, the antifa flag was taken directly from the communist flag. the people the nazi's fought.

you're a piece of shit for perpetrating lies.

@realcaseyrollins

Sort of, the scientific method isnt that simple.. you cant just assume that because something has happened in the past it will happen in the future. You need a hypothesis as to why, an understanding, test the edge cases, and then understand the pattern well enough to say what it will do in the future and also what factors may cause it to stop doing that in the future.

For example the scientific method has allowed us to create a theory of gravitation, and we know that unless the sun goes super novae or some other massive body enters the solar system, it is likely to continue on course. In other words, the difference between now and in the anctient past is now we actually have a working theory, not just an assumption that things will remain unchanged just cause we never saw it change.

@SecondJon

@SecondJon

No doubt. People are often surprised that the truth contradicts what they felt certain was truth, but was not.

If you show me a greater proof thant he anecdotal evidence I have right now I would be happy to change my mind.

But right now all I have is anecdotal evidence and it is so overwhelmingly consistent that I adopt it as truth, I will consider it as truth until I have a greater evidence otherwise.

I would agree that most members of the political and media community are also just as bad. But the term "all" (though its a lot) doesnt really apply there due to the initial logic. With cops if there were one good apple he would go around arresting the bad ones until he gets arrested, thus wouldnt be able to exist as a cop. With the media, however, someone who is "good in the media and reporting on unpopular facts isnt going to necessarily get fired, they may just work for a publication no one wants to read and as such will never really get ahead, but otherwise can still be a journalist. so the rules are a bit different and I'm less likely to use the term "all" and in that case would just say "vast majority"

@realcaseyrollins

If you say cops should use force to stop rioters, thieves and terrorists from burning every American city to the ground you will be fired from any Wall Street connected firm.

Let that sink in.

@freemo
Well that's using the scientific method, right? Predicting the future based on past events?

(Referring to the sun)
@SecondJon

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