3200 Breaking: #Antifa smash up a man’s truck at the Oregon state Capitol in Salem. He pulls out a gun and is arrested by responding police. #AntifaRiots (twitter.com) posted 20 days ago by Somalia_is_gay 20 days ago by Somalia_is_gay +3202 / -2 531 comments share 531 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (531) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 37 ▼ – FollowTheVOTEmasks 37 points 20 days ago +39 / -2 OK, I always felt like I would have a blast in the wild west. Bring on the new wild west permalink save report block reply ▲ 22 ▼ – disgruntled_patriot 22 points 20 days ago +25 / -3 There is going to be something liberating about kill or be killed. Human beings build civil societies so they don't have to live like animals. But when society fails, there is no other more natural state to be in. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 3 ▼ – stokinz 3 points 20 days ago +6 / -3 "liberating" is almost the opposite. You're not free you're locked down, scared, trapped in a shitty situation with no escape fighting for something stupid. People close to you die and you have no choice but to keep fighting. War sucks. A lot. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – arebee 1 point 20 days ago +1 / -0 What do you propose happens then? War is bad, but what is the end game here? Lose just more slowly? permalink parent save report block reply
OK, I always felt like I would have a blast in the wild west. Bring on the new wild west
There is going to be something liberating about kill or be killed.
Human beings build civil societies so they don't have to live like animals.
But when society fails, there is no other more natural state to be in.
"liberating" is almost the opposite. You're not free you're locked down, scared, trapped in a shitty situation with no escape fighting for something stupid. People close to you die and you have no choice but to keep fighting. War sucks. A lot.
What do you propose happens then? War is bad, but what is the end game here? Lose just more slowly?