"You can be as polite as you want. The state will…

“YOU CAN BE AS POLITE AS YOU WANT. THE STATE WILL STILL FUCKING KILL YOU” (shown on an image) was posted on Twitter by Colorado Marxist on November 5, 2020. It’s uncertain who originated the image.

The saying means that the state (government) is violent to all of its followers. No matter how kind and obedient one is to the state (such as by paying taxes and following all laws), the state will do whatever it wants.

Twitter
Colorado Marxist
@Anthony95210951
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
YOU CAN BE AS POLITE AS YOU WANT
THE STATE WILL STILL
FUCKING KILL YOU.
7:08 PM · Nov 5, 2020·Twitter Web App

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A Documentation Of Capitalism In Decay
April 21, 2021 at 10:29 PM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
YOU CAN BE AS POLITE AS YOU WANT
THE STATE WILL STILL
FUCKING KILL YOU.

Facebook
ONE for president 47 is in Toledo, Ohio.
May 22, 2022 at 11:05 AM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
YOU CAN BE AS POLITE AS YOU WANT
THE STATE WILL STILL
FUCKING KILL YOU.

Twitter
Mutable Mayhem
@Chimerawithatw1
ALt Text: In bold text over a icon of a solider “you can be as polite as you want. The state will still fucking kill you”
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Spooky’s Unserious Arc
@SpookedHams
· Aug 20
Even when it tries and doesn’t succeed, the scars don’t fade - mine haven’t yet, at least, and I doubt they ever will.
Trust in the apparatus that can cosign your termination in a heartbeat can never be restored. Perhaps it never deserved it in the first place. twitter.com/LwmaShitpostin…
1:09 PM · Aug 20, 2022·Twitter Web App

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Comrade Heather 🇮🇪☭🇵🇸☭🇮🇪
@ComradeHeather
I really need you to believe this at all times and be fully prepared for them
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
YOU CAN BE AS POLITE AS YOU WANT
THE STATE WILL STILL
FUCKING KILL YOU.
12:07 AM · Aug 28, 2022·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Sal the Agorist
@SallyMayweather
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
YOU CAN BE AS POLITE AS YOU WANT
THE STATE WILL STILL
FUCKING KILL YOU.
6:27 PM · Aug 31, 2022·Twitter for iPad

“You can be as polite as you want. The state will still fucking kill you”