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    Kyle Rittenhouse is free and enriching himself from his crime…

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      The victim doesn’t matter unless they are worth millions of dollars or stand to help others win or loss millions.

      When you think about it … the system isn’t protecting people, whether they are rich or not … the system is just thinking about protecting wealth and capital.

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      I dunno, he may be free—but he’s not doing too much enrichment. No one wants anything to do with him because he’s an idiot, and not the useful kind.

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    The owners think this would send a message.

    I’m not sure they realize that message would be Martyr.

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      He looks kinda badass with so many cops and the freaking mayor behind him like they’re his entourage, or like he so dangerous that they need 30 men to control him.

      I’d say this “perp walk” backfired.

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      It’s funny that you talk about Mass murderers because when the alt right talks about Mass murderers that align with their skin colors it’s usually apologetic

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        Left v right is a distraction from the actual class war being wages on us by the wealthy elite

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          I must admit I’m in my cups right now, but I feel like To the maga proletariat, I don’t even think they go as deep as that. To them it’s more like in group out group thinking, which means you don’t look like me or talk like me so fuck you

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      They ain’t seen nothing yet if they make this dude a martyr. I’m not a violent person, but there’s a pent up frustration inside a lot of us just itching for a reason to come out and redistribute some wealth. Stock of United Healthcare still in the shitter? That was rich people losing billions.

      That’s the only thing these parasites care about: their life and their money. We have been shown that any of us have the power to take away both in a single act of targeted violence. Once we collectively realize that, shit will go down.

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    They won’t give him the death penalty. They would have fucking riots on their hands.

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      There won’t be any riots. The reason this guy acted at all is because the people are too cowed. There are thousands of people in the same position as him, but none of them are taking any action. Tens of thousands more are in a similar position, but are they already in the streets? No.

      This guy is a celebrity because he’s doing what everyone wishes they could do, but are afraid to do themselves. The quick arrest and trial are to remind people of what will happen to them, too, if they step out of line.

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        I feel like the statistical chances this is the only guy, even just in the USA itself with a 300 million plus population, capable and willing to do this would be insane. This was domino one, we’re just waiting on the who/what domino two is.

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          Hopefully you’re right.

          I think a big part of the problem with that coming to be so is that there is probably a majority of people who understand that our health care system is screwed and screws people over, but so many of them don’t have any idea or understanding of why. And they’re not aware of the class war.

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    But all the chiding scolds on TV assured me that violence is never the answer. 🤔

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    Man, they sure got on the ball and solved that case quickly. Can’t wait to see how they stick it to those healthcare companies literally profiting off the murder of millions!

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    Political Violence:

    Non-action on the part of a government can also be characterized as a form of political violence, such as refusing to alleviate famine or otherwise denying resources to politically identifiable groups within their territory.

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    I think that was a foregone conclusion. I also think he was probably fully aware of that before he shot the gun.

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      I’m sure he was aware of it being a possibility. Hopefully he won’t have to be martyred that way.

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      He should paraphrase Gaetano Bresci and Say “I did not kill Brian Thompson. I have killed the CEO. I killed a principle”