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Now I’m thinking about all the times I’ve witnessed popular uprising against dictators abroad. Who’s on the front line, trying to push back the angry tide? Cops, of course, and often the military.

Either way, we’re talking about agents of the state, charged with its protection. Sounds innocuous enough at first, but consider—preservation of the state is not the same thing as serving the people. And these ends are opposed when the people oppose the state.