So I watched the live streams of the eviction, it was all pretty interesting. Both sides were fairly well behaved towards each other, although the media blackout was sketchy at best; I can see a bit of validity in it in terms of a tactical operation, but not sure if it was worth disregarding rights for a relatively small tactical advantage.
One thing that constantly bothered me was protesters suddenly being very concerned with personal property rights, at a mostly anti-capitalism protest.
When shit gets real, the tone suddenly changes from "Give up more of your shit" to "They took my backpack." Obviously not everyone there is a full blown communist, although some are, but it shows typical tactics of propaganda; by making the "1%" the others, the outsiders, they become less human, their rights become less meaningful, but when it is suddenly your rights becoming less important, hopefully you realize the error of your beliefs. Sadly I don't think many will realize the irony of it.
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