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minus-squareAllonzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up60arrow-down5·3 months agoMaybe we should double down on capitalism again. It’s the only move the US has used in living memory.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·3 months agoLike when Elon gets rid of “all regulations” make private bounty hunters/hitman legal again?
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·3 months agoAnything is legal if it’s not prosecuted. And with a dismantled government, how much can they really prosecute?
minus-squareMac@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoI assure you the last thing to be dismantled will be methods of enforcement on the populace.
minus-squareblockheadjt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoProsecution is one possibility. Getting gunned down is another. Getting sent to Gitmo is another. Having your family retaliated against is another.
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAll legal, if they aren’t prosecuted either.
minus-squareLeraje@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-23 months agoThey won’t - that’s why your military will soon be a judicial militia.
minus-squareWideEyedStupid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoThey won’t have to prosecute you if they just arrest you for being ‘violent’ or ‘terrorists’ and ship you off to El Salvador.
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoYup. And if they’re not prosecuted for it. Then their actions are “legal” as well.
Maybe we should double down on capitalism again.
It’s the only move the US has used in living memory.
Like when Elon gets rid of “all regulations” make private bounty hunters/hitman legal again?
Anything is legal if it’s not prosecuted.
And with a dismantled government, how much can they really prosecute?
I assure you the last thing to be dismantled will be methods of enforcement on the populace.
Prosecution is one possibility. Getting gunned down is another. Getting sent to Gitmo is another. Having your family retaliated against is another.
All legal, if they aren’t prosecuted either.
They won’t - that’s why your military will soon be a judicial militia.
They won’t have to prosecute you if they just arrest you for being ‘violent’ or ‘terrorists’ and ship you off to El Salvador.
Yup. And if they’re not prosecuted for it. Then their actions are “legal” as well.