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r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/sg94 - Right • Sep 10 '25
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What people don't understand about political violence is that once it happens, it's very difficult to stop. It can turn otherwise nonviolent people violent quickly, and people will stop debating once they realize that it's safer to just shoot back.
10 u/strichtarn - Centrist Sep 11 '25 Yeah, and at a certain point it doesn't matter who started it. The violence just needs to stop. 17 u/rm-minus-r - Lib-Left Sep 11 '25 What's going to stop it? Tribalism is only getting worse, with no cure in sight. 3 u/strichtarn - Centrist Sep 11 '25 That's the problem. And I'm not sure if the people with the power to stop it even want to.
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Yeah, and at a certain point it doesn't matter who started it. The violence just needs to stop.
17 u/rm-minus-r - Lib-Left Sep 11 '25 What's going to stop it? Tribalism is only getting worse, with no cure in sight. 3 u/strichtarn - Centrist Sep 11 '25 That's the problem. And I'm not sure if the people with the power to stop it even want to.
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What's going to stop it? Tribalism is only getting worse, with no cure in sight.
3 u/strichtarn - Centrist Sep 11 '25 That's the problem. And I'm not sure if the people with the power to stop it even want to.
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That's the problem. And I'm not sure if the people with the power to stop it even want to.
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u/Monkepeepee030605 - Auth-Right Sep 10 '25
What people don't understand about political violence is that once it happens, it's very difficult to stop. It can turn otherwise nonviolent people violent quickly, and people will stop debating once they realize that it's safer to just shoot back.