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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Jan 2021

      1/ Yahoos sitting in / breaking a few doors / stealing candy from a drawer / carting off a lectern is really just political theater and should be punished, yes, but lightly. This is true for both sides. BLM breaking into a court house, MAGA breaking into the Capitol.

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Jan 2021

      2/ Destruction of private property (burning down cars, small businesses, etc.) should be punished much more severely.

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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Jan 2021

          3/ (Which is to say, I agree w some talking point by Blue over the summer: democracy is sometimes rowdy...and if you want democracy, that's what you signed up for).

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Jan 2021

          4/ Needless to say, this is a Kegan 4 point. Trespassing and political theater by both sides should be treated the same. Arson, grand theft auto, assault, etc. by both sides should also be treated the same.

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        4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Jan 2021

          5/ There's a libertarian statement "when goods don't cross borders, tanks will". To go off on a tangent: society needs pressure release valves. Smart systems are designed with them. Very smart systems are designed with multiple, at different pressure levels. >>>

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        5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Jan 2021

          6/ Now, I'm not a fan of democracy, and I don't really care if it "works" or falls, but I'm talking about democracy in a systems engineering sense. When you engineer a democracy you want people to be able to vote, and to protest ... and even to double secret probation protest

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        6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Jan 2021

          7/ The penalties should ramp up as you push further towards the sovereign's real power. Voting has no penalties, because it's the officially encouraged op / outlet. Street protests, similar. Some degree of theater should be tacitly tolerated, with tolerable penalties, >>>

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        7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Jan 2021

          8/ as a honeypot. Let the radicals break in and have a sit-down protest once every few years, give everyone a $500 fine and a long weekend in jail, they all feel like proud martyrs, and the system trundles on.

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        8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Jan 2021

          9/ ...but if any of the protesters burn down buildings, or harm people, shoot them on sight.

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        9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Jan 2021

          10/ If you allow the LARP, and "sell" it at $500 per person, people LARP a few times, and then they're satiated and out of money. But if you hit LARPers with 5-10 year prison terms ...

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        10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Jan 2021

          11/ Then you get the old Chinese story. "What's the penalty for lateness? Death." hmmm "What's the penalty for rebellion? Also Death." hmmmmmmmm

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        11. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 7 Jan 2021

          12/ You want a system that chews up and shorts to ground the protest urge.

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