They're afraid! - eviltoast

They’re afraid!

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I think the health insurance companies are actually taken by surprise by the amount of people who sincerely wish them death. Maybe we will see some almost-meaningful change soon?

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    That’s how it works.

    Usually the quote is about all political power coming from the end of a rifle, but I guess this time it was a pistol.

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      The quote I’ve always heard is “Change comes through the barrel of a gun” so it still works with a pistol.

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        “Power comes from the end of a rifle” is the version that I’ve heard that comes to mind. But the point stands, it’s a metaphor, and the metaphor is about when the use of violence is acceptable, not what type of violence is used.

        And I suppose pistols are rifled.

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          The usual translation is “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” It’s a Mao Zedong quote.

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            Thank you, now that I hear it, yeah. I forgot it was a translation that I was remembering, and thus more easily misremembering.

            Edit: Though I think the first version I read was “stem” rather than “barrel”. That was probably just the translator being…flowery…though.

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              The shot still not heard around the world. At least by anyone screwed by insurance companies, I believe it’s a pre-existing condition called “Deafness to justified anger being served”