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Militarily, how viable could a revolution in the US possibly be? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 day ago by bunnossin@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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Maybe this is too fedposty (and let me know if it is), but I've been thinking about this a lot, especially with how things are going in Iran. It seems like modern warfare is basically just "my drones strike your drones", and if either side has drones free to not strike other drones, they can instantly kill whoever they like. With this in mind, is it even really possible for a revolution in the US to escalate into a civil war without simply being air-superiority'd into oblivion with modern sensors? Is guerilla war viable anymore? The main counterpoint I can think of to this possibility is that the US military is A: incompetent and B: mostly a colonial garrison force, but I don't know.

(And yeah, I know a revolution in the US would have a whole laundry list of prerequisites and is significantly hindered by the fact it can't be tied with anti-imperial nationalism. I'm talking strictly in terms of if it actually happened.)

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[–] BironyPoisoned@hexbear.net 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

the mistreatment and murder of their friends and neighbors right in front of them

doubt

Are you denying the fact that ICE and Police are doing that literally right now and have been since before the Civil Rights Movement? People aren't materially affected by this and they're content to let the murders happen. When there is a global famine and politicians say "If we take any more refugees we'll starve to death" 98% of people will firebomb the rafts and shoot people crossing the border. Most people on Hexbear will provide token resistance while letting it happen all the same. The exact same as they do right now.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago

Are you denying the fact that people in the US are actively working against those things right now? They are and have been since before the civil rights movement, they are the civil rights movement and they're still here, they never left and they never stopped fighting. You can be disappointed in the percent of the population that cares enough to do anything without completely ignoring the ongoing efforts of the people that do. You're right that many americans aren't affected, specifically because the people being hurt aren't their friends or neighbors or anyone they've ever met so it's easy for them to believe whatever bullshit justification they hear on the news. As that changes more of them will begin questioning those narratives and getting angry about it, and it is changing rapidly.