Paths for mayors 1. Pull police et al out entirely. No bad press for cops. Good luck everyone 2. Crack down really fucking hard and hope that works. Everyone hates you and police 3. Try to muddle through like now and hope everything works out Good luckpic.twitter.com/F2rDC1I6io
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Not thinking super crisply right now but I think this leaves protesters at a disadvantage They have one card and they're playing it and their bargaining positions is not going to get better But like if someone said "we want peace" how could they commit to ending? Don't see it
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Extremely foolish to go in without a representative to bargain on behalf of your faction once you attain a position of strength Almost seems like something a bunch of anarchists would do (ilu)
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I think overall the police win this unless the riots burn out And maybe potential future riots act as a credible threat against not reforming MAYBE. People have the attention span of gnats and they could forget if China gets hot But failing that--
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Police demand (2), pivot to (1) if they don't get it Potentially public sentiment turns against protestors, police win even more, given more power to crush things in the future
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If you support the state protest aims I think your best hope is to get this ended probably as soon as possible If you're a cop maybe you want another week Figure it out
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Wonder if mayors/govs could also threaten the federal government with (1). Try to force the national guard to do all the unpopular stuff
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That has the advantage that you can use national guard units from the other side of the state, minimising the blowback. A standard tactic in empires. Never trust the locals.
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