And it really irks me a lot.

Update: Man, I have gotten tons of great responses here and a lot of activity. The comments section turned out way better than Reddit. Thank you all! <3

  • pinkdrunkenelephants
    2·
    1 year ago

    Honestly, tolerating oppression has always been the human condition. The few times people did try to revolt are so lauded specifically because they’re exceptions that prove the rule. So the fact that that happened in the books should surprise no one – it’s much more true to life.

    • Orphie Baby@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      These aren’t adults who need food and housing. These are a bunch of teenagers including rebellious sorts against a single asshole with very little actual power besides a title. Also they have (probably angry) parents?

      • pinkdrunkenelephants
        21·
        1 year ago

        Okay then. Convince everyone in your town to rebel against the TSA agents at your local airport and to throw out the body scanning machines. Those TSA agents are just humans run by corrupt managers, run by an even more corrupt and tyrannical organization, all for money. Teenagers are scanned in those things and the TSA holds copies of the scanners’ images of their naked bodies. Right wing parents across the country have been angry about this for years, and they’re armed to the teeth.

        So it should be simple by your logic. Right?