Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US

[Tom Lord]

    Tom:
    >> If a group of individuals each takes such beliefs as axiomatic then 
    >> individuals within that group can independently reach seemingly 
    >> absurd conclusions such as:  massive civil unrest in response to 
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    >> an election whose results are tainted by voting system failures
       ^^^^^^^^^^^
    >> is one good reason to suspend the electoral process;  quashing (and
    >> even preparing to quash) such unrest is more important than, for
    >> example, fixing the voting systems and ensuring a legitimate election.



    James:
    > Surely you jest. You want to hold elections during massive civil
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    > unrest?         
      ^^^^^^^

Much of your reply is predicated on the highlighted misunderstanding.


    > How on earth would you manage to hold trustworthy elections while police
    > cars lay upside down, bonfires are being lit on the streets, and massive
    > looting is going on?

The more direct threat, I think, is that you have already held a vote,
the results are tainted, and then the riots ensue.

-t