Gotta say, I'm really not thrilled with the recent normalization of arson
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"Rioting" is somewhat nebulous; setting fires is breaching the overton window in a way that actually scares me
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A stack of old newspapers, a bottle of lighter fluid + a light is like $6 all in. IMO, we underestimate how dangerous it is to bring cheap devastation into the field of view of generally uncreative crazies — in any crowd, at least a handful out of every thousand are fucking nuts
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curious not being critical here - was carrying assault rifles through a crowd inside the overton window or just overlooked?
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The barrier to entry for setting fires is way way lower
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It's almost poetic: people think they can manage this indiscriminate destructive force, and are starting to realize it may be capable of consuming them
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smashed windows are bad but they don’t spread uncontrollably and hit gas pipes, nor do they release biologically toxic and materially destructive fumes. it’s another level.
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