There’s oligarchy with bread and circuses and oligarchy with boots, of varying degrees.
In the US, we are at least allowed to organize outside opposition, it’s just very lonely due to bread and circuses. The boots only come out when people pay attention, like during the WTO, George Floyd, Dakota Access, or today’s Cop City.
In Russia, I’m quite sure the leaflets I made for my local union’s Juneteenth march would have gotten me in jail.
There’s oligarchy with bread and circuses and oligarchy with boots, of varying degrees.
In the US, we are at least allowed to organize outside opposition, it’s just very lonely due to bread and circuses. The boots only come out when people pay attention, like during the WTO, George Floyd, Dakota Access, or today’s Cop City.
In Russia, I’m quite sure the leaflets I made for my local union’s Juneteenth march would have gotten me in jail.