Beckstrom's The Starfish and the Spider laid out at least one good reason such assassination campaigns haven't worked. Even in the military where we, y'know, KILL people we understood that such efforts are rarely a solution all by themselves. Sadly however, too many Americans still seem to either 1) not care or 2) think about as deeply on this as Trump and Stephen Miller. I completely agree this would be set up to CREATE more violence, and not just for this problem set. It greatly enables their broader campaign of instituting a fascist state in general. Because that's exactly what they want.
Maybe this is a price we end up paying as a society for action movies and TV as a form of entertainment.
Our lizard brains confuse the way violence solves problems in these stories with how it works in the real world. Which is not at all similar.
Imagine if for a year Hollywood film and television media and the video game industry only produced content showing violence, combat, war, who does it, why, it's consequences, realistically, without any morally and dramatically satisfying and tidy resolutions at all.
It would be business suicide of a great and profitable industry, but it might reduce appetite for violence in rhetoric and policy substantially.
Yeah they might establish a truth czar, indict opponents, attack the Supreme Court, add senators, let non-citizens vote, squash longstanding norms like the filibuster... oh wait a minute
Beckstrom's The Starfish and the Spider laid out at least one good reason such assassination campaigns haven't worked. Even in the military where we, y'know, KILL people we understood that such efforts are rarely a solution all by themselves. Sadly however, too many Americans still seem to either 1) not care or 2) think about as deeply on this as Trump and Stephen Miller. I completely agree this would be set up to CREATE more violence, and not just for this problem set. It greatly enables their broader campaign of instituting a fascist state in general. Because that's exactly what they want.
Maybe this is a price we end up paying as a society for action movies and TV as a form of entertainment.
Our lizard brains confuse the way violence solves problems in these stories with how it works in the real world. Which is not at all similar.
Imagine if for a year Hollywood film and television media and the video game industry only produced content showing violence, combat, war, who does it, why, it's consequences, realistically, without any morally and dramatically satisfying and tidy resolutions at all.
It would be business suicide of a great and profitable industry, but it might reduce appetite for violence in rhetoric and policy substantially.
Yeah they might establish a truth czar, indict opponents, attack the Supreme Court, add senators, let non-citizens vote, squash longstanding norms like the filibuster... oh wait a minute
We’ve already sent the US Army into Mexico to protect the border. It didn’t work then either (Mexican Expedition 1916-17).
Googling brings nothing. Where are you getting this?
Nope, not there. Quote and specifically cite.