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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We can hope that the relevant lifetime for this lifetime appointment is not too long. Like a shitty lifetime warranty that guarantees your product will work for as long as it does.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Indeed, I think the Americans' only recourse left at this point is the fourth box of liberty. The problem is, the powers that be have understood that they need to outgun the citizenry if they want to stay in power forcibly. So they've militarized the police to the point that it's simply impossible to overpower it. And all of them surround themselves with multiple layers of bodyguards, so they're impossible to approach.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So they’ve militarized the police to the point that it’s simply impossible to overpower it.

More violent authoritarian regimes have been overthrown by people power. Don't fall into the learned helplessness trap.

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago

This is why those weird MuWire accounts have so many guerilla warfare manuals.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

They are far from invulnerable. It might be difficult, but hardly impossible.