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minus-squareClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThat seems like a very bad sign. Someone wanted a message to get out to the public, but I’m not entirely sure what can be effectively done about it. Credit to the person with the balls to send out the warning, though.
minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months ago I’m not entirely sure what can be effectively done about it. History offers no control groups; there is no “right” way to proceed. What’s certain is that “nothing” is not the answer.
minus-squareAllonzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoMaybe we should double down on capitalism again. It’s the only move the US has used in living memory.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoLike when Elon gets rid of “all regulations” make private bounty hunters/hitman legal again?
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAnything is legal if it’s not prosecuted. And with a dismantled government, how much can they really prosecute?
minus-squareblockheadjt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoProsecution is one possibility. Getting gunned down is another. Getting sent to Gitmo is another. Having your family retaliated against is another.
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAll legal, if they aren’t prosecuted either.
That seems like a very bad sign. Someone wanted a message to get out to the public, but I’m not entirely sure what can be effectively done about it. Credit to the person with the balls to send out the warning, though.
History offers no control groups; there is no “right” way to proceed. What’s certain is that “nothing” is not the answer.
Maybe we should double down on capitalism again.
It’s the only move the US has used in living memory.
Like when Elon gets rid of “all regulations” make private bounty hunters/hitman legal again?
Anything is legal if it’s not prosecuted.
And with a dismantled government, how much can they really prosecute?
Prosecution is one possibility. Getting gunned down is another. Getting sent to Gitmo is another. Having your family retaliated against is another.
All legal, if they aren’t prosecuted either.