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I mean, let’s not get too misty-eyed about the good old days here, when I say that with civic pacification through militia callups carrying heavier political costs there was pressure for authorities to defuse or preempt conflict in other ways, yeah, “other ways” could mean civil negotiation and yielding to public pressure, but it could also mean the preemptive deportation, framing, or targeted assassination of potential protest leaders.

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