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[–] uberfreeza@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

One thing someone told me that I think is important: Trump (or whoever is actually running things) probably wants violent protests. That way, he can label everyone refusing a facist takeover as a terrorist and have them sent to El Salvador. He's toyed with the idea, so it's not absurd.

[–] funkforager@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 days ago

Both Stephen Miller and Jeffrey Clark have been saying that. They’re two of trumps top aides. Is something the have publicly stated they want the admin to do. First they said it for the southern border but they’ve also said protests like BLM should be enough to trigger the insurrection act.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Simultaneously, while I don't believe US citizens stand a single chance in hell against the full US military and law enforcement, I also don't really believe his regime and supporters are capable of quelling a real uprising so I'm not really an advocate for or against it unless elections actually aren't held.

I also see this from the perspective that other nation's electoral systems are in much worse shape than the US currently.