Sociologist in Limerick
Mostly playing with unrealistic computer models of real world processes
Emacs, Stata, Shiny & Rstats, Julia, Python
Linux on the desktop since about 1997
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It has been pointed out that lots of the people involved in the US's Jan 6th insurrection were affluent non-professional business owners, in real estate, car sales etc. Wealthy but not typically college educated.
I see a big parallel with the Irish fuel protests: agri-contractors and road-hauliers.
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(le montage est pas de moi, ça fait 10 ans qu'il circule sur le net et me fait mourir de rire)
Civil disobedience is an important political tool. But it doesn't mean that you're not breaking the law, simply that you are breaking the law to make a point.
So a nice softly-softly way of dealing with the tractor/truck protest would be to start issuing tickets for every road traffic offence. Like parking on a motorway or in a junction.
I was okay with the millions of Irish starved to death, but I draw the line at 1,004 enslaved Africans!
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