• u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 days ago

    Stealing some real food, destroying anti-homeless architecture, sleeping in your own car, getting an abortion, same-sex marriage.

    Anyway, I doubt most people would get violent. Most people aren’t just held back by laws, but morality. People would probably just be trying all kinds of drugs mostly, racing, trespassing and breaking into places. What better time for exploring some abandoned buildings, or staff-only areas.
    You’d probably find me in a train depot, probably taking pictures and trying to figure out how to get one of the engines running. If that area wasn’t guarded of course.
    Alternatively, I’d probably steal a bus. Or a semi truck. Just temporarily. I don’t have a drivers license, but I want to try driving that.
    Hmm, I might take a bicycle to the airport. I doubt people would risk flying, and it would probably be the emptiest area for cycling.

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      I always assumed the Purges were set up by a far right government to legally kill anyone who tried to organise against them.

      Send goon squads (not the new ones) to smash up and kill coops, local farms, unions, uncooperative lawyers, journalists, etc.

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          Yes, folks can and do.

          But Hollywood likes to good wash the current status quo, so let’s ignore PayPal’s union busting and censorship policies, bombing civilians, systemic racism, and take it up to 11 in a fictional future.

          Or maybe I’m just jaded by the biggest fans of “purgey” settings being right wing folks.

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      Anyway, I doubt most people would get violent. Most people aren’t just held back by laws, but morality

      I’ll be honest here, mate, I think we’ve seen that a very large portion of the population would be more than happy to get violent. It’s mostly the ones who scream about laws needing to enforce morality on ‘the heathens.’