What would you do if The Purge was real?

[brokenspirited]

Rules

The rules for the annual Purge are as follows:

• Sirens blare throughout the land to signal the start and end of The Purge.
• All police, fire, and emergency medical services are suspended for the duration of the carnage.
• The president, first family, and government officials of rank 10 are granted immunity from the Purge, meaning that they must not be harmed. (This was revoked in Election Year to permit the murder of political opponent, including Roan).
• Only Class 1–4 weaponry is permitted, while Class 5 arms (such as explosives) is prohibited.
• Violations of any Purge rules will result in public execution.

 

[Forveleth]

Any and all crime is legal, yeah? (I have never seen any of the movies and have only a vague idea of how it works)

Everyone always goes for violence. Why? Killing your next door neighbor solves nothing.

Hack banks/the IRS, find the richest 1%. Redistribute funds to the 99%.

 

[Dejected 55]

It's just a stupid premise no matter how you slice it. If such a thing was real, I wouldn't participate. In a world where people would want and be willing to kill and rob their neighbors with impunity for a specified period of time... it means everyone is literally horrible and shouldn't be trusted the rest of the time because you know they want to kill you and take your stuff. That world would not be sustainable.

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

I'm not really an aggressive person so I wouldn't want to exact revenge on anyone. Maybe just the pot-smoking dipshits in my building, for stinking up the place. Oh and the maintenance staff can get it too. They don't fix anything properly. Also this one moron who cut me off by doing a u-turn right in front of my car at 40mph yesterday. I'd go with a semi automatic 12 gauge shotgun since I'm not the best shot, as evidenced by my woeful performances in Duck Hunt as a kid. But in my defense, killing my brethren was traumatic and put me off my game at the time.

 

[Ghostinplainsight]

• The president, first family, and government officials of rank 10 are granted immunity from the Purge, meaning that they must not be harmed.

So the royals are up for grabs?.. watch out andrew

Jokes aside, i'd hide in my flat in the dark hoping nobody comes near me, people are scary.

 

[brokenspirited]

So the royals are up for grabs?.. watch out andrew

Probably not, if the games were conducted in the United Kingdom. As head of state, the king would have same status as the president.

Jokes aside, i'd hide in my flat in the dark hoping nobody comes near me, people are scary.

I would likely do the same, to be fair.

 

[Satori Komeiji]

I'd either rob a bank or just hide at home. Although I imagine there would be 100+ other people trying to rob the same bank as me and we would all fight to the death over the money :)

 

[Dejected 55]

What they don't cover is... Okay, say you rob a bank on Purge day... but can you really spend that money? I mean if you deposit in a bank that was robbed and they know it is their money, can't they just legally take it back? You would be immune from prosecution for the robbery, but surely they could take their possessions back.

Like... if you stole your neighbor's car, you couldn't be prosecuted for the theft... but the next day, he could just take his car back because he can prove it is his... Couldn't he?

So hurting people is the only crime you could get away with since it all happens on the day and the next day it's just done.

Although... I wonder... if you killed them on Purge day but just left the body in your backyard... couldn't police find that body and charge you with ancillary crimes related to possession of the dead body?

I don't think the concept was really too well thought out.

 

[Unsure and Useless]

Hack banks/the IRS, find the richest 1%. Redistribute funds to the 99%.

This is the only right answer to the Purge

The president, first family, and government officials of rank 10 are granted immunity from the Purge, meaning that they must not be harmed. (This was revoked in Election Year to permit the murder of political opponent, including Roan).

Hypothetically, though, if enough people wanted them dead, it would be difficult to be enforcing this rule, and considering there are multiple ways to harm someone without using a firearm while also being untraceable, I doubt that these people would actually be able to survive the Purge unless they literally left the country

Although I'd like to rob a bank, it's likely that I'd still get in trouble in for it afterwards. Robbing a bank during the Purge is totally legal, but once the Purge is over and laws are reinstated, the authorities could detain you for distributing illegally obtained money. So, realistically, I'd probably stay home and hide like Ghostinplainsight and Satori Komeiji suggested