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All reactionaries are paper tigers

Right-wing nightmare scenarios of massive armed resistance never happen.

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Carl Beijer
Sep 10, 2021
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There’s a standard right-wing formula for arguing against any act of governance whatsoever which goes something like this:

This measure is so extreme that if the government carries it out people will resist it, and it will take so much violence to force them to comply that no benefit you migh…

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