The concept is weird though because it makes it seem as if all needs were met everyone, not just the few psychopaths, would be looking to harm people. Maybe I'm really naive.
There are people who would probably be on board with something this ignorant if they thought that it gave the illusion of stability & normalcy. Look at all the various dumb shit that people co-sign on in today's society that go against their interest in the long term for what they see as instant solutions for one thing or another.
But public sanctioned lunacy? I think the minute a small child or white woman ends up dead people will lose their shit
Children would probably be the only ones off limits to maintain any real sense of morality. Everyone else however........
12 hours tho... i'd just fortify a fighting position with sandbags and have a dozen or so loaded rifles nearby with enough ammo to get a small platoon of marines through the fucking Tet Offensive chew on that shit
But certain kinds of ww ending up dead would rock this nation. We're ok with brown people dying but if a ww even goes missing let alone dead this country stops to find out. But then again the caliber of ww that would garner attention probably wouldn't be caught outside unless she was some type of party girl.
They would have to set some kind of moral limit on shit like that otherwise why do it and then pretend like everything is paradise until the Purge? Sooner or later there would be some sort of uprising against that shit if it was totally anything goes.
Like you said people are willing to trade the illusion of security over freedom any day and as long as the body count is shared mostly among the poor people won't give a shit. My girl made a great point the other day, the reason why the poor and working class can't ban together like they did in the past is because every asshole swears their a potential millionaire and won't have to deal with the bs much longer.
There are enough dudes with money & power who see woman as nothing but trophies and are easily replaced that being of a certain caliber wouldn't matter. Only thing that would probably matter is a woman's breeding potential to continue the population. Hot white woman with no ability to breed for a man with power wanting to continue his legacy? Grist for a "purge".
We hold children up to some extent as higher value in our society since they are "the future". You see how crazy the abortion issue is. It would be similar to that. Enough people would become outraged over the fact kids were being killed in a purge to cause problems at the very least.
Be specific about the kids though because when they were little black and brown kids no one gave two shits no after Sandy Hook we supposedly care about kids. Distinctions are very important to acknowledge.
To powerful dudes you're right but to the public if its a pretty girl that reminds them of their own kid there will be outrage.