At the end of the English Peasant’s Revolt of 1381, King Richard II told the survivors:
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At the end of the English Peasant’s Revolt of 1381, King Richard II told the survivors:
“Villeins you were and villeins you will stay – not as before, but worse. Your slavery will be an example to others.”
You can almost feel the sputtering indignation. How *dare* they think they could overturn the feudal order. How *dare* they think they could ever be anything but slaves.
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At the end of the English Peasant’s Revolt of 1381, King Richard II told the survivors:
“Villeins you were and villeins you will stay – not as before, but worse. Your slavery will be an example to others.”
You can almost feel the sputtering indignation. How *dare* they think they could overturn the feudal order. How *dare* they think they could ever be anything but slaves.
I think about that quote a lot, because it so perfectly encapsulates a feeling that so many members of various ruling classes have experienced over the years.
In Portland yesterday, protesters marched past an ICE facility. They were scrupulously nonviolent and didn’t even stop in front of the building, but merely slowed down while passing in front of it.
ICE still responded by firing tear gas and flash bang grenades into the crowd, which included children.
ICE might as well be Richard II here. When ICE deploys torturous violence against children for merely being part of a peaceful protest, ostensibly (but not really) protected by the constitution, they are conveying a message:
We have a natural right to rule you, and publicly questioning that natural right warrants torture as a response until you and anyone watching remembers your place in that natural order.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/31/labor-against-ice-portland-oregon-immigration-protest/
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At the end of the English Peasant’s Revolt of 1381, King Richard II told the survivors:
“Villeins you were and villeins you will stay – not as before, but worse. Your slavery will be an example to others.”
You can almost feel the sputtering indignation. How *dare* they think they could overturn the feudal order. How *dare* they think they could ever be anything but slaves.
@HeavenlyPossum “Society if the 1381 Peasant’s Revolt didn’t show the King mercy and instead killed him when they had the chance”
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@HeavenlyPossum “Society if the 1381 Peasant’s Revolt didn’t show the King mercy and instead killed him when they had the chance”
Always. Be. Killing. Kings.
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I think about that quote a lot, because it so perfectly encapsulates a feeling that so many members of various ruling classes have experienced over the years.
In Portland yesterday, protesters marched past an ICE facility. They were scrupulously nonviolent and didn’t even stop in front of the building, but merely slowed down while passing in front of it.
ICE still responded by firing tear gas and flash bang grenades into the crowd, which included children.
ICE might as well be Richard II here. When ICE deploys torturous violence against children for merely being part of a peaceful protest, ostensibly (but not really) protected by the constitution, they are conveying a message:
We have a natural right to rule you, and publicly questioning that natural right warrants torture as a response until you and anyone watching remembers your place in that natural order.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/31/labor-against-ice-portland-oregon-immigration-protest/
Questioning is resistance, protest marches are resistance, documenting abuses is resistance, “please sir, I want some more” is violent resistance, and resistance cannot be tolerated or the whole house of cards falls apart.
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I think about that quote a lot, because it so perfectly encapsulates a feeling that so many members of various ruling classes have experienced over the years.
In Portland yesterday, protesters marched past an ICE facility. They were scrupulously nonviolent and didn’t even stop in front of the building, but merely slowed down while passing in front of it.
ICE still responded by firing tear gas and flash bang grenades into the crowd, which included children.
ICE might as well be Richard II here. When ICE deploys torturous violence against children for merely being part of a peaceful protest, ostensibly (but not really) protected by the constitution, they are conveying a message:
We have a natural right to rule you, and publicly questioning that natural right warrants torture as a response until you and anyone watching remembers your place in that natural order.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/31/labor-against-ice-portland-oregon-immigration-protest/
@HeavenlyPossum Why not get your own flashbangs and tear gas. If they hit you with flashbangs, use your own on them. If they hit you with tear gas, use tear gas on them.
This stuff is available for purchase.
Is this legal? IANAL but here’s my pseudo legal stance:
1. I’m leaning into Stand Your Ground laws.
2. TBF the laws mean nothing now. We live in a dictatorship. The only law is the law of the strongest.Works this be dangerous? Yes. Extremely.
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I think about that quote a lot, because it so perfectly encapsulates a feeling that so many members of various ruling classes have experienced over the years.
In Portland yesterday, protesters marched past an ICE facility. They were scrupulously nonviolent and didn’t even stop in front of the building, but merely slowed down while passing in front of it.
ICE still responded by firing tear gas and flash bang grenades into the crowd, which included children.
ICE might as well be Richard II here. When ICE deploys torturous violence against children for merely being part of a peaceful protest, ostensibly (but not really) protected by the constitution, they are conveying a message:
We have a natural right to rule you, and publicly questioning that natural right warrants torture as a response until you and anyone watching remembers your place in that natural order.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/31/labor-against-ice-portland-oregon-immigration-protest/
It seems to be a natural consequence of power hierarchies, many of which use the terms "superior" and "inferior" to describe people at different levels.
Churches, governments, military, corporations, …
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At the end of the English Peasant’s Revolt of 1381, King Richard II told the survivors:
“Villeins you were and villeins you will stay – not as before, but worse. Your slavery will be an example to others.”
You can almost feel the sputtering indignation. How *dare* they think they could overturn the feudal order. How *dare* they think they could ever be anything but slaves.
@HeavenlyPossum
They made the huge mistake of believing the promises of the king. They should have killed him -
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