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Shafik authorizes NYPD to sweep ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment,’ officers in riot gear arrest over 100 (www.columbiaspectator.com)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why is this escalating so much faster than the 1989 Chinese democracy protests or the 2019 Hong Kong protests? In those cases, it took weeks for arrests to happen and months for force to be deployed. Most law enforcement in those cases were unarmed.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Because Chinese police and military exist for different reasons than US police and military

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Repression of the citizens and projection of power externally?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, vs Chinese police and Military existing to protect the revolution.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Derp. I'd entirely forgotten about the red guard while writing that. In terms of enforcing the revolution.

...And every other police state for that matter.

Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, are you saying red guards enforced every other police state? Or that all police states exist to protect the revolution? Both statements seem very nonsensical

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Sorry, I wrote that when I was tired.

All police states exist to enforce their own states... Which is a bit of a tautology so just ignore that bit.