r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 6h ago

Possible Paywall “You Protected Pedophiles!”: Protester Interrupts JD Vance Speech | The crowd quickly erupted in chants of “USA! USA!”

https://newrepublic.com/post/216922/protester-interrupts-jd-vance-speech-protected-pedophiles
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u/Zulmoka531 6h ago

Part of me wishes the agents of our downfall weren’t so…goddam stupid.

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u/kyew 6h ago

Same. We wouldn't have to feel so powerless if we were being outplayed.

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u/Alarmed-Outside-8683 4h ago

Exactly! The fact that they're not even trying to hide what they do, and we're all like "dang it, i wish someone would do something about this." It's a hard world to wake up in. But what can we do when every mechanism is compromised.

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u/SadisticHotdog 1h ago

A general strike. We shut down all our collective economic activity. Money is the only language these people speak. Apparently, we haven't felt enough pain for that, though.