Friday, October 01, 2010

We're the Only Ones Chaotic Enough

So, like, now is it OK to fight back? [Read]

[Via Jeffersonian]
Posted by David Codrea at 10/01/2010 11:39:00 AM

3 comments:

MamaLiberty said...

The people have been disarmed, most likely, and carefully taught that they must rely on the police and army for protection against common criminals.

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"We urge all Ecuadorians to come together and to work within the framework of Ecuador's democratic institutions to reach a rapid and peaceful restoration of order," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in a statement.
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Translation: We urge all Ecuadorians to immediately bend over and submit to being "serviced" by your benevolent masters.

Then the control freaks can continue to loot and control everyone as always.

10/01/2010 12:55 PM
Defender said...

Reminds me of the fired (for good reason, as I recall) Mexican cop who took a busload of passengers hostage to demand his job back. Being told over and over that you're "The Finest" has to do something to the ego. If you're a macho narcissist already... whew.

10/01/2010 2:23 PM
HardCorps said...

Hey, I was in Ecuador for a couple weeks in May, in Guayaquil and on the coast visiting my family and on vacation. This isn't an 'only one' analogy, it's more similar to a teachers' strike.

A socialist president (for real, Obama is a patriot comparatively) is attempting to curtail the limited pay of the local police force. This wasn't a coup attempt, they are just pissed at that political attack by the Correa regime. It seems that Correa severely underestimated his unpopularity with he police forces, and only after 12 hours of captivity did the military respond. His 'private security' seems to have scattered during the capture. His credibility has been strongly undermined and threats to purge the national police are rhetoric at best.

My cousin was on facebook at the time and I messaged him and he responded all was well due to private well-armed security, gated communities and lots of concrete and barbed wire. My aunt's house would put most prisons to shame in terms of security. The upper class place no faith in the government, are armed with weapons hard to come by in the US, and have strong family relationships. Basically they know that any hour the police will abandon the streets, as historically proven. They know to rely on themselves and their close relationships for protection.

Corrupt government and lawlessness isn't a surprise for them, like it is here.

10/02/2010 5:58 AM

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