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[-] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

They want to go back to the times where they could sic the national guard with belt-fed machine guns, armored trains, and aerial bombers on striking workers.

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago

Armoured trains wouldn't be very effective nowadays. Thermite capable of cutting through railway rail isn't that hard to make, and a lot of people know that trains are easily derailed if staggered sections of rail are missing.

Air strikes on civilians would probably damage too much of the owners property, can't have that.

The machine guns tho, they could do that. Bonus points if a machine gunner or two gets taken out too, that way it doesn't seem like it was an overt massacre.

[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Mixing thermite? I have a lazier idea.

https://www.aldonco.com/product/691-2-way-hinged-railroad-derail-for-locomotive-with-manual-sign-holder/

Did you know you can just order tools to derail locomotives?

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago
[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Classic DIY vs purchase problem.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Here is a WTYP episode on armored trains:

https://youtu.be/e_U2p-Ix2EU

[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 14 points 1 month ago

Personally, I like to modify that quote. "Those who make peaceful reform impossible, makes violent revolution inevitable."

[-] match@pawb.social 11 points 1 month ago

Player 1 is unions, Player 2 is Luigi

[-] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

How is that a question? It's a definitive statement and definitely one the rich need to be reminded of!

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Phrasing statements as a question is a common way to express caution or, alternatively, disbelief that the statement needs to be made.

"Someone should probably tell him not to piss on an electric fence?"

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah well, I don't like it! "should probably" already does that job beautifully. 😅

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago

Alright, well, I'll tell whoever is in charge of the English language of your disapproval?

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

YES HELLO? ENGLISH LANGUAGE? LET ME SPEAK TO YOUR MANAGER! 💅

[-] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 1 month ago

Someone get Miriam Webster on the horn and let them know

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

I feel like they're just using it to indicate an upward inflection towards the end of tbe sentence. Know what I mean? Like those youtubers who always talk like they're asking? a question?

Oh they know very well.
They're dumping billions into stopping it(corporate media and owning education) and ensuring their survival(all of those bunkers they have.)

[-] griff@lemmings.world 6 points 1 month ago

if only they were self-reliant & not parasitic…

[-] Signtist@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 month ago

They didn't forget, they enacted a decades-long propaganda campaign to ensure we'll be too preoccupied with fighting each other to band together.

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The biggest lie is that we even need to band together. A couple dozen people offing a couple dozen other people is all it takes to send the strongest message to the rich in American history. No massive coordination campaign required. Someone started it with Brian and the rest of us just watched the moment pass by.

[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 1 month ago

Okay. Ask yourself this - who actually has the ability to exact force here? The workers night theoretically have weapons and the right to bear arms, sure. Functionally, that right means nothing compared to the ability to use it by the police, PMCs, security details, the Guard & the Reserve.

We get lucky sometimes like the incident in New York City where a man shot a CEO, for which an innocent man was arrested. But they respond with things like Hochul placing police as security whenever a C-Suite officer is in public, or additional investment to the security industry.

I wish that could change, but raw numbers don't equate to the ability to exact force.

[-] toast@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 month ago

I dunno. I'm licensed to operate 2 ton machines that can travel at high rates of speed. Highways are dangerous, and humans are fragile things

[-] Turret3857@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago

Killdozer 2 electric boogaloo

[-] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

The application of a steamroller to make a flattened TACO?

[-] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

If the rich kill all the workers then the work doesn't get done. They can't just mow down striking workers with machine guns without destroying their own business. That means the workers have the power.

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

They burnt down an entire city block when George Floyd was killed.

If enough people are pissed off, there's very little the authorities can do, and soldiers don't like firing on civilians one bit.

Besides, law enforcement and military are funded by the taxes the working class paid.

[-] plyth@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

Private jets and international investments.

The idea of a revolution has become a soothing dream.

Peaceful revolution is still a good idea but somebody has to come up with an improvement first.

this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2025
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