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[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 42 points 1 hour ago (8 children)

Open to suggestions.

I don't think any of y'all know how well protected this asshole is

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 3 points 26 minutes ago

Then what was the point of all that 2nd amendment talk? Was it all bullshit cause you wanted to keep your pow pow?

Guns and no balls, Thats what’s so dangerous about the regular American.

Like I said elsewhere, your country was won by fat farmers and regular people who grew balls.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 27 minutes ago (1 children)

It's mind boggling to me there have been no riots by this point.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 minute ago

If that's mind boggling then you really need to read an actual history book.

Life for the avg America is FAR from problematic enough to have riots start yet. Even our worse off tend to have just enough care from other Americans to be upset but content. We are taking care of our down trodden just enough.

You need starvation, active destress, or wide spread unemployment.

We have food it's just expensive.

We arnt in active physical danger.

We have just enough jobs that groups of people arnt massing together.

End of the day the very same message of help your fellow man, do good in your community and decades of social safety nets put into place. Are doing their job of allowing the American people to coast by happy enough.

If you want riots then you need to start making people physically miserable, scared and hungry.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 28 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (4 children)

Seriously, there seems to be this delusion that we all just have magic buttons that execute our politicians on a whim. What the fuck do you expect us to do, specifically, to fix this?

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 20 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

In pretty much every other western country, the populace could reasonably exert force over their national armed forces because those armed forces are reasonably sized. But the entire active duty military of Germany has fewer personnel than the on-base population of a single US military base (JBLM 210k, Germany 185k), and JBLM is only the 4th largest base in the US....

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 10 points 1 hour ago

Not to mention, our military budget is more than the GDP of 85% of the countries in the world, and it's only getting bigger. The proposed budget for next year is more than 90% of the world's countries' GDP. Think about that for a few minutes.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 3 points 57 minutes ago (1 children)

You say as if American soldiers aren't also Americans. It's not just up to civilians to partake in politics and the resistance of tyranny.

Coups happen all over the world, for various reasons. You'd think an openly genocidal regime headed by a fascist, paedophile, moronic traitor, actively making life worse for the majority and aiding their enemies. Shitting on the constitution, and making veiled threats to cancel elections, would be enough to instigate one, but I guess not.

The stereotype of American soldiers seems to hold up, all bark but no bite unless the opponent is clearly outmatched with bigger weapons.

By one estimate, there were 457 coup attempts from 1950 to 2010, half of which were successful.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 6 points 38 minutes ago

I'll accept my share of the blame for not being an active insurgent against the US government as long as we're also holding Russian and Chinese people to the same standard - failing to thwart genocide(s) by a powerful authoritarian regime while under 21st century surveillance and brutal working conditions. Sure I'm disappointed in all of us who aren't part of a resistance, but let's be realistic.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 0 points 21 minutes ago (2 children)

You say that but months ago when he was threatening to invade Canada, as a Canadian I thought “if I sneak up and kill just one of these invading fuckers before I gwt popped I will have done my duty” im just a regular guy but I feel that in my gut and I know A LOT of us do.

But you guys don’t have that sense of survival for some reason. You just shrug and go “I don’t wanna get a boo boo or miss project runway” you’re being invaded right now, your citizens are being murdered by federal invading forces and you are doing nothing but fighting among yourselves about who is the true leftist.

Wow, you fantasized about killing someone? That basically makes you a war hero. You truly earned this: 🎖️

o7

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 points 5 minutes ago

Mate, I imagine we've all thought that, but there's a big gap between thinking it and doing it, and from where I'm sitting it appears you're the exact kind of internet tough guy you're speaking out against.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 points 25 minutes ago

Anything but site there on a keyboard fighting with other leftists about who is the true leftists

oh, anything short of killing ourselves at the government will not be enough for the freaks on this website.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 5 points 47 minutes ago

Simultaneous angry mobs outside the white house and mar-a-lago could be nice. I would come out from California to join that.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 5 points 50 minutes ago* (last edited 50 minutes ago)

Work together with independents and disenfranchised republicans to primary 75+% of the democratic party over the next 4 years.

The GOP and the DNC are the sword and shield of the wealthy elites respectively.

Not a short term solution, but the best time to plant a tree is 10 years ago. 2nd best time is today.

[–] TerdFerguson@lemmy.world 1 points 19 minutes ago

Who supports him?

Who supports them?

I think the application of pressure goes where its possible to apply it, instead of where it isn't.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago

especially since the whoopsie that one time

[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 hour ago

Can you plan and execute an insurrection in less than 24 hours?

Most people couldn't even get to DC with less than a weeks notice.