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minus-squarelimer@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoIt is one of my unanswered questions of American culture: the low amount of political violence against elites of any political organization. Political violence against the poor has always been a staple. But somehow it does not happen against the wealthy unless it’s their own doing it. I’m ignoring the handful of high profile assassinations over the last 250 years done by poor people, often mentally ill.
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThat’s quite easy, the poor don’t own news propaganda outlets
minus-squarelimer@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat could explain some the last few decades, but not earlier
It is one of my unanswered questions of American culture: the low amount of political violence against elites of any political organization.
Political violence against the poor has always been a staple. But somehow it does not happen against the wealthy unless it’s their own doing it.
I’m ignoring the handful of high profile assassinations over the last 250 years done by poor people, often mentally ill.
That’s quite easy, the poor don’t own
newspropaganda outletsThat could explain some the last few decades, but not earlier