poorbaldmonkey on Nostr: State power thought process: Koresh might have guns we have declared magically ...

State power thought process:

Koresh might have guns we have declared magically powerful. Let's make a huge spectacle and raid his compound.

Shit, shit, shit... they actually shot back and they're good at it. Pull back, pull back!

Okay, okay, okay... the FBI had showed up. We're good now.

The FBI realizes that the public isn't supporting a brute force attack on Koresh. So, they release the information that he's abusing kids.

The public mostly gets on the State's side because of abused kids.

Too p much time passes and the State is losing face.

The State burns the children and adults alive and declares victory.

The State, decades later, is still confused by the public considering this a criminal disaster.

And still, most people believe that the State cares about them and wants them to succeed.