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Dean Manos's avatar

President Coolidge would’ve done unspeakable things to free subscribers

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Belte's avatar

You make a great point about the fact that people after the riot realized how much potential violence lay below the surface of civilization waiting to break free. It reminds me of Dr. Roy Baumeister's seminal work "Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty" in which he writes, "To produce violence, it is not necessary to promote it actively. All that is necessary is to stop restraining or preventing it. Once the restraints are removed, there are plenty of reasons for people to strike out at each other" (p.263) (https://www.amazon.com/Evil-Inside-Human-Violence-Cruelty/dp/0805071652). It's the removal of social constraints rather than an actual trigger that releases the torrents of violence. Many people do not really need an excuse for violence or crime; instead, they just need to think they can get away with it unharmed themselves. Also, what is up with the Latvians? The Latvian Rifles (Company 328) were the regiment that personally guarded Lenin and the Simony Institute, which during that critical moment in the coup enabled these people to keep power. I'm calling for a total and complete shutdown of Latvians entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on.

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