• Major_Tsiom@fedia.io
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      16 days ago

      Why can’t he? Nobody will stop them. The world should be hoping for a US civil war. Meanwhile, they should build up their defenses (which they are) and even prepare to invade should a civil war happen.

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        16 days ago

        If the rest of the world invades, there’s a good chance the US would not act as a unified force to repel the invasion. A majority of the people in the US do not want the current regime, and would likely not support it above the other countries, who would be seen as liberators.

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          16 days ago

          If another Western democracy invaded us, I’d join them and hand out guns to lacking Americans.

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            16 days ago

            I expect that if there are guns to hand out they probably would get handed out.

            I imagine that it would depend on how many spares were available. Like if, for example, not many people had guns, it might be less likely to succeed. But if tons of people had gone out and bought one, there might be fewer people looking for one. And if everyone who already owned one had gotten a spare with some higher-capacity magazines just in case, that might really make that more likely.

            But I’d be really interested to see if people in the US would go about learning about how a lot of weapons are made from stuff people have around their homes.

            Not that any of this is going to happen, of course.

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              16 days ago

              My guns wouldn’t go very far. :)

              I have loads, but for example a load are single-shot shotguns. Takes some practice to reload fast. And black powder is right out. And the funky shit like .22 magnum, yeah, not a lot of rounds out there, and zero people reloading. Not giving up the .223, tiny 9mm and .45s. Go find your own damned gun!

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        16 days ago

        Invading a NATO ally is a whole different ball game than launching an illegal Middle East war. They’re only replaced, at my last count, 10% of the General Staff. That’s not nearly enough for total control and doesn’t count thousands and thousands of lower ranking officers.

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          16 days ago

          What makes you think they need total control? When has the American Military ever not gleefully committed crimes?

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          16 days ago

          There may be some internal conflict and discharges all over the place, but I think most of the military would be on board with it.

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            16 days ago

            On board with invading a NATO country?! Think on that some more. It’s not up there with nukes, but we’re well past merely fucked up geopolitics.

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              16 days ago

              The American Military has never had any qualms about murdering their own citizens. What makes you think they’d have any qualms about invading a NATO country?

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                15 days ago

                And when has the American military murdered its own citizens? A handful of National Guard at Kent State? That’s it?

                But let’s stipulate that they’re just fine with killing US citizens. Going against NATO’s military is a very different proposition.

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                    14 days ago

                    And yet you don’t have a single example to enlighten me? And nothing to say about my second statement?

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          15 days ago

          That’s a far right slogan that was pushed by his weirdos onto reddit.

          It’s very pathetic to see someone using that phrase in the wild.

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              14 days ago

              Are you serious? What does it mean, for one? It’s to antagonize him to do something? Call him to chicken to do shit, inciting him to do shit?

              It doesn’t even make sense for anyone that doesn’t like him to say.