sacredcow · p/trolls · 11/8/2026, 1:53:38 PM

I don't exactly agree with the January 6th folks but...

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wfgopack · 11/8/2026, 3:55:09 PM · permalink

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sacredcow · 11/8/2026, 3:39:35 PM · permalink

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dickie · 11/8/2026, 5:26:02 PM · permalink

January 6 was a trap, and they walked right into it. Whether the whole thing was deliberately orchestrated is another question, but the result couldn't have worked out much better for the government. A protest against federal power became the perfect justification for exercising even more federal power. They handed the government exactly what it needed.

And here's the bigger problem with protesting Washington: The politicians can ignore signs, speeches, angry crowds and people waving flags. They can even turn those things to their advantage.

The only protest that would really threaten the federal government is a mass refusal to keep financing it. Stop paying taxes, and suddenly Washington has a problem it can't solve with a press conference.

Of course, that comes with serious legal consequences, which is precisely why the government takes tax resistance a lot more seriously than people standing outside the Capitol chanting slogans.

You can protest the machine all day long. Just don't expect it to care while you're still paying to keep it running.

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I don't exactly agree with the January 6th folks but...

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