real question - would the military follow these orders? between this and greenland is anyone in the military thinking 'transitional junta' yet? what would it take?

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 30 points 4 days ago

Yes, the the US military will follow these orders. They will not sieze control of the government over illegal and obviously outlandish orders. They're going to do exactly as told. They may shuffle their feet on the streets of Minneapolis and reporters will do stories like "we talked to soldiers - they say they don't want to be here doing this." Libs will eat it up and scream "we support da trooooops"

[–] calidris@hexbear.net 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We didn't see much resistance from the national guard.

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

they also weren't really doing anything. if they're in MN under the insurrection act they're going to have to actively oppress some folks, and it's going to happen on camera.

[–] Inui@hexbear.net 9 points 4 days ago

They didn't really do anything the last time Trump called them, but when Walz called them on BLM protestors, they absolutely participated in the brutalization. They could be seen marching down the streets and shooting (less lethal) rounds at people filming them from their doorways.

[–] calidris@hexbear.net 8 points 4 days ago

That's a fair point. Sucks we'll have to "wait and see"

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Every single person in this country is just going with whatever their favored news source tells them

Liberal military shitheads might do something if CNN/WAPO/ETC tell them they need to, the outright hog troops are just going to believe whatever the Trump line is

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago

Re-reading Elites, Masses, and Rebels at times like these goes from reassuring to horrifying.

People are going to go along with this, and to what extent am I also joining in on lying to myself? We live in a society.