PugJesus@piefed.social to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoSafety for the rich ONLYmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1967arrow-down14
arrow-up1963arrow-down1imageSafety for the rich ONLYmedia.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.social to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square48linkfedilink
minus-squaremerdaverse@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up51·1 month agoWhen they move away from that bulletproof glass they get into armored cars escorted by a small army of security guards.
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI’ve seen members of parliament walking down the street like a normal person on multiple occasions. Unless you’re a front bench minister, there’s probably very little risk to your safety (for now, anyway). Though, I suppose this is a natural outcome when you’re the hegemonic power of the world, much more incentive to kill politicans there (the USA) It’s quite foreign to me though, luckily. I’m from Australia, by the way.
When they move away from that bulletproof glass they get into armored cars escorted by a small army of security guards.
I’ve seen members of parliament walking down the street like a normal person on multiple occasions.
Unless you’re a front bench minister, there’s probably very little risk to your safety (for now, anyway).
Though, I suppose this is a natural outcome when you’re the hegemonic power of the world, much more incentive to kill politicans there (the USA)
It’s quite foreign to me though, luckily.
I’m from Australia, by the way.