I don’t just mean outrage or regular rage, I mean shock that someone was to the left of “legal weed and free college but only for those that operate a successful business for 3 years in a disadvantaged community” top-cop takes.

I think federating took them by surprise, looking back. For about a week, those smug liberals were at a loss to even fathom what Hexbears were saying, and could only chant bullshit about how we’re Russian/Chinese bots.

Sure they still do that but they’ve slightly adapted to Hexbear presence.

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    And Bolivia wasn’t even bloodless. The reactionary coup regime was brutal towards protests and carried out several massacres. The only thing that made the putschist allow free elections in the end was the very real threat of militant labour activists blockading the capital.

    If the Bolivian movement had listened to the liberals and limited themselves to debating the fascists in the marketplace of ideas, Jeannine Añez would still be dictator and not a convict.