We are not bystanders in some scheme played out by others. We're the protagonists. Our (in-) action determines how things play out.
It meant Jack Shit.
If they had brought arms, they would have been gunned down by people with more powerful arms, and it would still mean Jack Shit.
Then there's Ghandi, the Arab Spring, Milošević, the Iranian Shah as examples of things going the other way - and those are just the ones that immediately came to mind.
Again, don't be a bystander believing in foregone conclusions - that way you make them self-fulfilling prophecies. Be part of writing the story instead!
If something similar were attempted in any Western country, the people involved would be murdered and things would be back to normal the next day.
There’s a reason European countries maintain twice as many police officers per capita as the “police state” China.
Again, you can be a bystander or a protagonist.
You are not the first person to complain. There is no manager to call. Standing in the street with your friends is a social event. If you're not telling people where and when to show up, what to bring, and why it will work, you're just on the internet stealing valor from real heroes.
Sometimes, being a martyr for your beliefs is the best you can do. Either way, don't be passive.
What should have happened if 6 million people had protested against Biden? How about 8 million?
There are a total of 19 comments with the same content. The claim that they were submitted by a botnet is easily dismissable. Especially given the fact that a "botnet"/troll farm would likely use different IP addresses, names, organizations and comment content ...
What remains open is whether these 19 commenters were instructed to submit these comments or if they did so on their own. If they did do it on their own, was it in their free time? If so, is it okay to do so under their employers name?
[1] https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-sa...
https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-files-complaint-against-eu-commissio... ("noyb files complaint against EU Commission over targeted chat control ads")
> "In September 2023, the Commission used unlawful micro-targeting on Twitter (X) to promote its heavily criticized chat control regulation... This move both undermined the established democratic procedures between EU institutions and violated the EU GDPR."
elric•2mo ago
ajb•2mo ago
But I don't think that's evidence of a botnet. Seems more likely a conventional letter writing campaign where people are invited to paste the same response. Could easily be within the police,which is dubious, but individual police officers may have the right to respond as individuals.
p-e-w•2mo ago
Voting isn’t going to fix stuff like this, that’s for sure.
saubeidl•2mo ago
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pessimizer•2mo ago
p2detar•2mo ago
0 - https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-sa...
cluckindan•2mo ago
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koonsolo•2mo ago
Edit: Sorry, I didn't notice it was plural: botnets.