[–] 2 points 9 hours ago

Absolutely, some of the most effective violence has been entirely aimed at property. In most cases causing collateral damage hurts the goal of political violence more than it helps. Because the main way it's effective is with public support. Start hitting stray civilians and you can forget public sympathy.

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  • [–] 6 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

    Recognize that corporations, and unions, want control of your health care to use as bargaining chips. That's why it's hard to get either side to let it out of corporate control.

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  • [+] -7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    Violence can be a very effective political tool. It can also backfire horrifically. History is littered with revolutions that failed, or led to worse outcomes than what started the revolt in the first place.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    The trick is to make Trump so toxic that anyone wanting to run in the GoP in '28 will have to have a record of stopping him. Once that happens, impeachment is on the table. Dems can't do it alone, they have to get republican senators on board. Specifically they need 7 from this list: https://www.senate.gov/senators/Class_III.htm Which will be especially hard for some of them like Grassley, who is actually a zombie.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago

    There's going to be turmoil in both parties. Jeffries and Schumer are about as popular as Cholera with their own party. The leading contenders to take over minority leadership for the GoP all have ties to scandals that could make them the targets of committees they're currently in charge of.

    Find your favorite snacks, C-Span is about to get entertaining.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Moving to capitalism hasn't changed the basic structure of a class society in the long run due to wealth capture. The basic drive to do better by your progeny causes the creation of a new de facto aristocracy over a long enough time line. So the overall societal effects will eventually repeat.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    It's not that they're wrong, it's that the populace is acutely award that the benefits of productivity gains flow exclusively to the top 0.1% of the population. As far as most of America is concerned, data centers are factories that raise their prices on everything, while causing poverty. All the collective gains that could be made, are completely and intentionally cut off.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Turbine blades are pure aluminum, which melts at 1220 degrees. They operate inside the compression chamber of the turbine to move gases that are around 1500 degrees. There's a whole art to making them single crystals and optimizing flow rates so they don't melt, or explode, or melt and explode. And a lot of work goes into making sure when they do melt and explode, they don't turn into supersonic bullets. Just barely though, because armor is heavy.

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