> as a VC you have a deeply emotional attachment to encouraging people not to resort to violence
…why? Most of Silicon Valley’s elites are itching for violence in politics. To the degree they’re putting thumbs on the scale, on the net, it’s for more violence.
> the mob also has access to jets
No. It doesn’t. In zero civil breakdowns in the last half century did the mob get the jets during breakdown. The closest one can get is the Taliban seizing U.S. materiel.
> More than 2/3rds of the French aristocracy was killed in the French Revolution
Source? The majority of those killed were commoners.
> They aren't, unless you're referring to the weapons dealers, warlords, or the complicit
Complicit. A breakdown in violence would give the authoritarians a bona fide Reichstag fire.
> inevitable result though is that when they lose that power, they tend to lose their lives (see e.g., Syria and South Africa)
The former president of Syria is in Russia. Much of the South African elite is complaining about white genocides in the U.S.
Quoting you, one of the SV elites for posterity: "Most of Silicon Valley’s elites are itching for violence in politics”
SV elites don't understand what true violence is. You all talk a big game and assume your money will buy you safety and forget how many rich people have been killed byt their own guards.
…why? Most of Silicon Valley’s elites are itching for violence in politics. To the degree they’re putting thumbs on the scale, on the net, it’s for more violence.
> the mob also has access to jets
No. It doesn’t. In zero civil breakdowns in the last half century did the mob get the jets during breakdown. The closest one can get is the Taliban seizing U.S. materiel.
> More than 2/3rds of the French aristocracy was killed in the French Revolution
Source? The majority of those killed were commoners.
> They aren't, unless you're referring to the weapons dealers, warlords, or the complicit
Complicit. A breakdown in violence would give the authoritarians a bona fide Reichstag fire.
> inevitable result though is that when they lose that power, they tend to lose their lives (see e.g., Syria and South Africa)
The former president of Syria is in Russia. Much of the South African elite is complaining about white genocides in the U.S.