Sure, there was the attempted assassination of Reagan and the fears for Obama as the first black President, but in those cases it was a lone nutter rather than a conspiracy.

How long can Trump crash the market before an angry billionaire decides to take him out? The remaining Koch brother is already pouring money into legal challenges against Trump…

  • @Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    56 days ago

    In Australia that was the case until around 1987. No permits for rifles. Some tourist from Germany went to Australia, bought a rifle and went on a shooting spree.

    • TimmyDeanSausage
      link
      fedilink
      156 days ago

      As an American, the craziest thing about that story is that Australia changed their gun laws after that happened. Imagine a government taking reasonable action to save lives… Wild.

      • @CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe
        link
        fedilink
        English
        -76 days ago

        One must entertain the notion that maybe this was intentionally perpetrated to bring about those laws, disarm the general populace.

        Could have been a lone gunman psycho.

        Could have been a planned event, psy-op.

        • TimmyDeanSausage
          link
          fedilink
          2
          edit-2
          4 days ago

          No, one doesn’t have to entertain any such notion. And, one speaking like a monk doesn’t make one sound mysterious or intelligent…

          What you’re essentially saying is, we should let something terrible continue to happen, causing many real people (often children) to actually die, because some people are paranoid about something that isn’t happening… In reality, government’s need their civilians. Especially in late-stage capitalist societies were civilians act as value generators or cannon fodder for the ruling class. The more people they have to feed into their profit machines, the better.

          There are many counter arguments to the sentiment you shared that show how silly your stance is. I won’t waste my time writing all of them because I think you’re too steeped in your own soup to consider anything that counters what you already believe.

        • @tomenzgg@midwest.social
          link
          fedilink
          English
          36 days ago

          Like all the car crashes that now require us to get a driver’s license…; can’t mow down the government if you’re trained on the rules of the road!

          People can’t just use tools that impact the lives of others outside themselves in peace; smdh…

          • @CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe
            link
            fedilink
            English
            -26 days ago

            While trying to be a smartass, you are unintentionally correct. Fun fact, driver’s licenses weren’t always required to operate a vehicle. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

            Smdh…indeed

            We now live in cages, carefully crafted by laws & legislation over time. I am never shocked or surprised when governing powers place laws on commoners, anything to put their boot on our neck, nail down our identity for verification, or most importantly extract money from our bank accounts to give to the state to be wasted.

            Smdh.

            • @tomenzgg@midwest.social
              link
              fedilink
              English
              26 days ago

              Not unintentionally correct…because that was my very intentional point.

              In spite of car manufacturers claiming seatbelts and air bags were unnecessary, the sheer number of resulting deaths caused us to actually do something about it. I don’t look at the lack of driver’s licenses as anything approaching a rosy past. I will never be sympathetic to the argument that a lack of common sense safety regulations which saves lives somehow grants us more freedom (other than to abdicate all of your freedoms instantaneously via early death, which overwhelmingly impacts the poor and marginalized); sorry.