The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed.
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The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed.
Posted by TrixoftheTrade
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Our current environment reminds me of pre-Civil War Spain. Reactionaries used extra legal means to repress legitimate political opposition, which led to targeted assassinations, riots, further repression and a breakdown on civil society that was already stressed and stretched thin.