Active shooter situation reported in Christchurch, New Zealand

[Cobretti2]

jason1637 said:

Cobretti2 said:

There is no reason for a 1st world country to be run as a dictatorship.

You are already oppressed through taxes and laws that ensure you are not motivated to rise above a certain level. The harder you work the less benefits you get. The less you work the more government benefits you get, and in turn these people vote for the gov that give them those benefits. A small price to pay to stay in power and get rich.

Then you got hidden taxes in all the things you buy which offset those benefits anyway. Then every so often they raise the retirement age for eligibility to get the pension.  The next generation will work till they die.

I mean that if the government begins to oppress its people more outside of taxes. Its the people responsibility to fight back.

I know what you meant. It just wouldn't make sense because the way it works now the little mice (us normal people) are turning the wheel slowly earning them money.

Could they do it? Sure but that is at a very high risk of a fight back from the people and loosing everything they have built. It is easier and better to oppress by stealth which gives people some perceived freedom, then to oppress them physically till the breaking point of where the person says "you know what fuck you I will now fight back".

It is no different then some charities who supposedly have like 95% administration costs and only 5% goes to the cause they claim to be supporting. Shit like that should be outlawed. If you can't run a charity where say 70% minimum goes to the cause, then there is def something fishy going on within it.