Mon June 15, 2020 4:16 pm
Mon June 15, 2020 5:53 pm
Mickey wrote:It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.
Mon June 15, 2020 5:53 pm
Simple Torture wrote:Mickey wrote:It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.
There have been the two nearly-successful assassination attempts on sitting members of congress in the last decade.
Mon June 15, 2020 6:26 pm
Green Habit wrote:Keeping it short for now, I would say the similarities are that both are calling for massive teardowns and rebuilds of institutions, and holding the differences as while 1968 was decried as institutions being too structured, with 2020 the complaints are that they're not enough structured enough.
Mon June 15, 2020 6:26 pm
Simple Torture wrote:Mickey wrote:It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.
There have been the two nearly-successful assassination attempts on sitting members of congress in the last decade.
Mon June 15, 2020 6:31 pm
Mickey wrote:Green Habit wrote:Keeping it short for now, I would say the similarities are that both are calling for massive teardowns and rebuilds of institutions, and holding the differences as while 1968 was decried as institutions being too structured, with 2020 the complaints are that they're not enough structured enough.
Or structured improperly? Otherwise I think I broadly agree with this. If 68 inaugurated global anti-systemic movements reflected in something like Prague Spring but continuing with Battle of Seattle, anti-IMF riots, etc. the new age of protests don't seem to dream of an escape from the system anymore.
Mon June 15, 2020 6:41 pm
tragabigzanda wrote:Mickey wrote:Green Habit wrote:Keeping it short for now, I would say the similarities are that both are calling for massive teardowns and rebuilds of institutions, and holding the differences as while 1968 was decried as institutions being too structured, with 2020 the complaints are that they're not enough structured enough.
Or structured improperly? Otherwise I think I broadly agree with this. If 68 inaugurated global anti-systemic movements reflected in something like Prague Spring but continuing with Battle of Seattle, anti-IMF riots, etc. the new age of protests don't seem to dream of an escape from the system anymore.
Let's parse this out a bit...
UBI
Free college
Defund the police
Single payer healthcare
"The green new deal"
Why don't these equate to a dream of an escape from the system, in your mind?
Mon June 15, 2020 6:46 pm
Mon June 15, 2020 8:05 pm