FBI foiled a militia plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan and overthrow the state government. Strange this doesn& #39;t happen more often. Lots of people have the same beliefs as the militiamen, they just...don& #39;t do it? What explains this?

We all have beliefs that we don& #39;t act on, we just like having them. Is it just cowardice? Or does the fact that we don& #39;t act on them mean we don& #39;t *really* believe them?

Lots of Americans believe it& #39;s okay to overthrow the government if the government becomes tyrannical, and a lot of *those* people accuse the government of tyranny. Almost none of them tries to overthrow the government.

My favorite exploration of this phenomenon is this thread by @0x49fa98. Most of these "beliefs" are just leftover dead code from previous belief systems. Bad things happen when they randomly run. https://twitter.com/0x49fa98/status/1297969959231008769">https://twitter.com/0x49fa98/...