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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    “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.