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[–] stickly@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Yes, and that's happening in states with a federal presence. Look at the resistance in Minnesota or Chicago or LA or the DC area for example. But each state being their own independent polity means that what happens in Minnesota is not under the purview of any other government office until you get to Congress. I could riot at my state Capitol for eternity and that doesn't change their power or jurisdiction, they can't control Minnesota.

If most Americans wanted to resist the fed their best tangible option would be... A post office maybe? For all the glitz and bombast of ICE and other DHS jack boots there are probably sub 10k agents on the ground. If all 340 million Americans decided to oust the fed there are only about 8500 buildings to burn down nation wide, and most of those concentrated in a few specific states.

So unless you're talking about balkanization and secession via inter-state compacts, there isn't a ton of room for the headline-grabbing resistance that people want to see. And if it got to that point, every major US city would be rioting and ungovernable anyway.