In the 1930s the US government bombed a US city and killed thousands of American civilians for the crime of being wealthy while black.
In the 1890s the US government bombed and launched an all-out military offensive against American civilians for the crime of wanting to be paid for doing deadly mining work.
In the 1950s the US government launched the largest and most wide spread secret police operation in world history resulting in hundreds of thousands of arrests, tens of thousands of convictions, and at least a three figure death count of American civilians for the crime of wanting the same rights as CEOs.
American history is not a story of revolution, it is a story of wimpy capitulation to their owners.
In the 1930s the US government bombed a US city and killed thousands of American civilians for the crime of being wealthy while black.
In the 1890s the US government bombed and launched an all-out military offensive against American civilians for the crime of wanting to be paid for doing deadly mining work.
In the 1950s the US government launched the largest and most wide spread secret police operation in world history resulting in hundreds of thousands of arrests, tens of thousands of convictions, and at least a three figure death count of American civilians for the crime of wanting the same rights as CEOs.
American history is not a story of revolution, it is a story of wimpy capitulation to their owners.
In the 1980s the government bombed Philadelphia, specifically the MOVE movement for the crime of being politically motivated while black.
I heard they were also found giving breakfast to hungry kids…
I mean they did admit to making fake bombs and planting them then called in bomb threats.
The reaction they got was crazy for sure 100% but let’s not color them out to be some incredibly innocent benevolent society of pacifists.
Very likely since, IIRC, they had both black and white panthers in their mix.