The message I took from this episode is quite different.
Every time someone stands up for their rights, the Managerial State reacts with maximal force (the Tyranny side of the Anarcho/Tyranny coin).
The goal is simply to deliver to the great unwashed masses a simple and unmistakable message: "STAY IN LINE".
Some 80+ uniformed, armed officers, and a dozen mounted? For a BBQ restaurant not closing?
Their goal is to intimidate you.
There's only one possible answer to this that doesn't involve random citizens losing all hope and just opening fire: STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.
Every person there needed to get on the phone to 5 of their friends with a simple message: "Get here now, and bring five friends".
And every one of those people needed to have got on the phone to 5 of their friends with a simple message: "Get to the BBQ restaurant now, and bring five friends".
The only possible correct response is an overwhelming number of normal, everyday citizens turning up at short notice.
The message I took from this episode is quite different.
Every time someone stands up for their rights, the Managerial State reacts with maximal force (the Tyranny side of the Anarcho/Tyranny coin).
The goal is simply to deliver to the great unwashed masses a simple and unmistakable message: "STAY IN LINE".
Some 80+ uniformed, armed officers, and a dozen mounted? For a BBQ restaurant not closing?
Their goal is to intimidate you.
There's only one possible answer to this that doesn't involve random citizens losing all hope and just opening fire: STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.
Every person there needed to get on the phone to 5 of their friends with a simple message: "Get here now, and bring five friends".
And every one of those people needed to have got on the phone to 5 of their friends with a simple message: "Get to the BBQ restaurant now, and bring five friends".
The only possible correct response is an overwhelming number of normal, everyday citizens turning up at short notice.
It's the only way.
Start talking to your friends and organizing now.