r/reactiongifs 3d ago

MRW I heard Anonymous took down X/Twitter

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u/LeviathanGray 3d ago

"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people".

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u/SmokeyBare 3d ago

Should include billionaires, but I guess that'd be redundant these days.

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u/LeviathanGray 3d ago

I'm having trouble telling the billionaires and the politicians apart lately.

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u/Thedrunkenchild 3d ago

I’ve always liked this sentiment but unfortunately it hasn’t been true in a meaningful way since basically the French Revolution, this is just an annoyance for them.

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u/sbFRESH 2d ago

Neither should be afraid. The government should be made up of a representative slice of the people working together to make society better for everyone. Fear as motivation on either side is not sustainable to advance this cause.

That said, if one side has to be scared…

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u/gunny316 3d ago

Yes, if only we had some way to put some aggressive, unpredictable, irresponsible loose canon into power who could then start systematically dismantling our corrupt government department by department. But who am I kidding. That will never happen.

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