• Xerxos@lemmy.ml
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    What he wants:

    • desperate people who work for scraps
    • riots, so he can call in the military and call off the election

    What he (hopefully) gets:

    • a revolution

    Seriously, why aren’t billionaire villas burning? Why is Mar-a-Lagos still standing? I’m surprised how much the American people are willing to endure.

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          If they start shooting protesters things will escalate. That’s how civil wars start.

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        Have you seen the French protest? I don’t say one man should go to there and burn it down, but I would expect big, violent protests there.

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          The French only have to protest in France. Imagine the French protesting in Moscow. That’s the distance from Utah to Florida. Utah isn’t even the furthest point from Florida. Tell some Frenchmen to go march on Russia and protest until they get their way. Now picture that playing out.

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            Sure, America is too big for protests 🙄 That’s why I didn’t just mention M-a-L, but billionaire villas too. Protests at the closes place that makes sense. The white house, your local rich people quarter, Mar-a-Lagos, an ICE facility, the villa of the local Trump supporter,…

            If you get enough people together it’s hard to ignore. Make the rich fear the people again.

            March when never possible, with as many people as possible. And if that fails? General strike.

            Sure there were a few “no king” demos, but they ended too soon and protested the wrong places. The ultra rich and Trump himself should feel the heat.

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      I’m surprised how much the American people are willing to endure.

      At this point I’m convinced we’re the weakest generation of Americans in American history. And the fact that our history really isn’t very long doesn’t help make that feel any better.

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      Armed revolution results in U.S. military drone strikes on blue states. I am not joking. This is Pete Hegseth’s handpicked military; they’re waiting for a revolution to crush.

      I’m not necessarily saying a revolution should or shouldn’t happen, but you should absolutely be aware of the circumstances on topics like these. Plus, people have tried to attack the president. So many times that it’s seemed for a while that these are selected shooters. They’ve all failed thus far.

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        I mean, Trump’s war of choice in Iran was an unmitigated disaster. I can’t imagine how poorly they would respond to domestic guerrilla warfare

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            If it’s like Iran, it looks like he’d try to fight this weaker force, lose anyways, and then push the cost on all Americans, which would just grow the insurgency. His incompetence extends to military strategy.

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              Except Iran actually has a military to fight back, not to mention support from China regarding drone supply. I think you’re vastly overestimating the average American’s capability for war. Especially when compared to the U.S. military.

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                The US military hasn’t won against an insurgent force since Vietnam. Big shiny weapons don’t subjagate a populace, the USA doesn’t have the numbers they need to control a population as large as ours, nor do they have enough to cover the amount of land they would need to control.

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          You can consider it a disaster because iranian drones drilled them a new one. But keep in mind these guys are sociopath with no value for human life besides their own. They would totally send soldiers kill as many as possible while suffering high losses without a second thought.