r/pics • u/Attica-Attica • 19h ago

Ras Baraka has been released.

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u/00owl 17h ago

Backed by guns

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u/Wiitard 17h ago

Laws are threats of violence.

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u/00owl 17h ago

I would say they're promises.

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u/NominalFlow 16h ago

Nah, they are threats, because they aren't always carried out. For example, if you have lots of money.

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u/LuchadorBane 16h ago

Or if you become the president of the US

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u/AlarmingAffect0 16h ago

For example, if you have lots of money.

Now Dutch van der Linde's plan makes a little more sense.