• Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 days ago

    I heard a few times that there is this saying in English that the tree of democracy needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of tyrants or something like that. Isn’t it about time for that? They do seem to be tearing down democracy.

    • Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 days ago

      That is from Thomas Jefferson:

      “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” https://www.quotedb.com/quotes/2074

      Republicans do seem to be all about the founding fathers, so I guess they’re just trying to make it possible to follow his guidance by proactively providing some tyrants.

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        4 days ago

        I would be more curious to see which liberal patriots are ready to open a vein.

        Lots of edgy onliners want to be the guy who gets to shoot a fascist. Much harder to find a liberal willing to stick their necks out and die from return fire.

        Meanwhile, you’ve got rank upon rank of Afghan/Iraq War veteran coming home broke and humiliated and steeped in blood, fully pilled on the MAGA message thanks to the brainrot coursing through military media. They’re filling up local police departments and spilling over into elected offices and bubbling up in all sorts of extractive industries. Few of them seem shy about killing or dying. All of them think they are the Patriots and its those liberal middle-managers who are the Tyrants.

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          4 days ago

          To do that would mean, not merely to be defeated, but to acknowledge defeat—and the difference between these two things is what keeps the world going.

          -upton sinclair

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        4 days ago

        They also seem to be all about supporting literal Nazi’s. And ya know how that worked out for them last time.