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    4 days ago

    If it’s a community action empowered by the community they’ll probably willingly stop when the community stops supporting it. Should they become a nuisance then the community has learned how to handle that.

    Cops don’t lose their backing when the local community wants them out.

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        3 days ago

        Chancellor palpatine had the state backing him. That was the point of the election and padme’s quote of applaus or whatever.

        When a few people lose the support of the community they’re just a few people, isolated, and a lot less scary than ice while being susceptible to the same community response.