myrmepropagandistAug 16, 2023

If the idea of violent protests don't make you at least little scared I wonder how well you know history. At the same time, real change almost never happens without people putting their bodies on the line.

The right understands this far better than your average liberal/moderate. To be a moderate is to trust that existing systems will (mostly) work.

If those systems fail? What then? To even consider this is moderate treason.

(Cartoons by Mattie Lubchansky https://thenib.com/author/mattie-lubchansky/ )

Mattie Lubchansky

Mattie Lubchansky is the Associate Editor of the Nib and a cartoonist and illustrator living in Queens, NY. Their work has appeared in New York Magazine, VICE, Eater, Mad Magazine, Gothamist, The Toast, The Hairpin, Brooklyn Magazine, and their long-running webcomic Please Listen to Me. They are the co-author of Dad Magazine (Quirk, 2016) and the author of the Antifa Supersoldier Cookbook (Silver Sprocket, 2021).

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Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47
@futurebird I don't know if things are going to get to the point that violence against the government is the only way to restore civil society; I hope not.
I do know that we long ago passed the point where millions of people should have been marching in the streets and shutting the country down. Like in France and Israel, to name two recent examples. Unfortunately, instead we have bread and circuses.
Aug 16, 2023 at 12:08pmWeb