another military lockdown

Tonight's emergency broadcast chimed on my phone. Lockdown begins at 10pm.  Justifiably outraged civilians continued protesting yesterday, despite the previous lockdown.  Our government cannot think of any better response than more of the same authoritarianism that got us to this point.

"intersection of Freeway Blvd & Shingle Creek Crossing, Brooklyn Center just now.
The State of Minnesota always has unlimited resources to throw at military occupations of mourning neighborhoods protesting police brutality. They value protection of property over civilian lives...
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- Twitter

Entirely predictable response, of course.  When you don't live in a democracy but do live in an oligarchy, then the way that you achieve policy change is to influence government through business leaders (who value their property). Conservatives, especially after the Citizens United ruling, already celebrate this truth. Liberals are finally beginning to understand it too.

Maybe we can collectively ponder this thought?

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-Twitter

I wonder what that famous Boston Tea Party was all about?  I'm pretty sure that somebody destroyed something of capitalist value in a symbolic way.  Or something.

Last night, I drank whiskey, turned off the computer, and watched tv... because all I've got left is anger at continued inaction and status quo.  I'm not even going to lecture anyone about playing nice out there, like I usually do.  I'm tired of repeating the same points endlessly while the corpses continue to pile up.  I'm taking another night off.