• buddascrayon@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Unfortunately, this is a exactly what Trump wants. He wants riots and chaos so he can declare martial law and gain even more power and possibly delay or even cancel elections. All of this is calculated.

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      24 hours ago

      He wants riots and chaos so he can declare martial law and gain even more power and possibly delay or even cancel elections.

      And the alternative is sit and let ICE blackbag innocents?

      The US has the 2nd amendment, which they love so much. ICE should be getting gunned down in the street by this point.

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          21 hours ago

          It’s already happening. America can passively accept their country is gone, or they can fight to try and save it.

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            19 hours ago

            And the minute they begin to fight, Trump locks it all down and America enters into a martial law that I guarantee won’t end before his third term.

            If there’s an uprising- it’ll have to be all-or-nothing- and that nothing will come at a heavy cost.

            I really hope people know this is exactly what he wants. You’re being baited into giving him everything he needs.

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              1 hour ago

              You’re right. It’s better to just hide in your homes and hope for the best. Don’t want to play into his hands.

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                I love how people can’t debate without writing lines for their opponent. It has the added benefit of making it easier to just tag them as a waste of time.

                If you want to discuss this, I get to say my part in this- not you.

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                  Man, y’all people think we don’t know what “implying” something is or what “reaching a natural conclusion” is. Going “oh well that’s not what I said” isn’t a gotcha. I swear reading comprehension is at an all time low if you think everything has to be said directly.

                  So ok, I’ll bite, what’s your glorious solution? What should we do oh wise one?

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                    Well, considering that a Time Machine is out of the question, and the military- who happens to be capable of using satellites in space to turn every single one of you into a pink mist without even scratching the paint on your neighbors car- is not on your side, I’d say your only option is through diplomacy.

                    Because face it- America fucked up.

                    This was all avoidable back in November. There was the chance to overcome this problem- no… to avoid it all-together. But too many chose not to. They chose to make a statement. And now, sadly- everyone suffers for it. That’s it. The end.

                    If it helps- let’s look at it this way:

                    Let’s say you committed a crime¹. You are caught, and have been found guilty² Your penance, is prison³. Now, while in prison, you can plan to escape⁴, but you know that won’t work, it’s impossible, and if it were, it would only be so for someone smart enough to pull it off. That you commuted the crime and got caught, illustrates that you are not.

                    You’re not getting out. Plain and simple.

                    Now optionally, you can just sit there and stew in the colossal failure that caused you to be in there to begin with and work towards learning from your mistakes so that if/when you are released, you can do better⁵- or you can work with your lawyer(s) on your options to have your sentence overturned⁶.

                    Those are your options.

                    In this scenario:

                    • ¹ - didn’t vote against Trump
                    • ² - Trump gets elected
                    • ³ - Trump’s term
                    • ⁴ - Proposed armed uprising attempt
                    • ⁵ - Pay attention and be an informed voter
                    • ⁶ - Be active in local politics. Help in any way you are able to help move the states motions to impeach when the time comes. Work with local groups to petition state reps to act on his crimes.

                    It’s this or nothing.

                    Because if you think you have the organization, tactical knowledge, technical functionality, manpower, and arms to overcome the most powerful military on the planet, I would say go right ahead and try-

                    But know that in doing so- you’re gong to get a LOT of innocent people killed. It’ll be a fucking bloodbath.

                    And in the end, whoever remains- gets trump for life.

                    Lastly, do not mistake my suggesting that nothing can be done as a willingness to do nothing about it. Some people sit in prison, knowing they fucked up. They’re not giving in. They’re just quietly having the balls it takes to know they royally fucked it, and working towards understanding how they can avoid a repeat scenario.

                    Being a realist is not a weakness. Not is it being compliant. It’s simply accepting a circumstance that is out of one’s control.

                    And for the record, peaceful protest is provenly more effective than violence. Reference:

                    Here
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                    Here

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      If I’m not mistaken, a full national declaration of martial law would require not only approval of individual state legislatures, but also the loyalty of the military and the National Guard in every state.

      By bypassing laws and regulations, totally disregarding checks and balances now that mechanism is compromised, the bastard need not to declare martial law to spread terror.

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      I dunno about that. This was more or less Chuck Schumers approach to passing his agenda. If you fight him it’s going to get worse, so don’t fight? I feel foreign nationals shouldn’t be leading the charge because of their vulnerability, but for full-fledged us born citizens following the law with their rebuke, surely many would martyr themselves for a historical rally against fascism knowing the ACLU would defend them.

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        Oh we should absolutely be fighting but not with guns. We should be fighting with the law and protests. We should be confronting these fuckers at every junction. But the moment we pick up a gun or a rock or some other violent means we just give them the excuse to escalate the fascism.