Consider the difference between those trying to sway public opinion against a person, a corporation, or a system, and those who actually commit acts of rebellion by attacking and using something other than words, jokes, complaints, pamphlets, and diatribes. The first reinforces the subject of attack by showing its lack of vulnerability; the second causes contagion. Just having skin in the game, and the exhibition of physical courage unlocks the status quo.

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