You can't do fascism in a way that makes money on more than a very short-term basis; it's a system which guarantees stagnation and collapse over a period of years.
This was always the plan. They just weren't admitting it to themselves.
You don't, but elected Republicans do — CEOs like this fund them
Elections are run by the states. The President can't cancel them. Republican-run states can cancel theirs...which means they get no representation in Congress.
If they disregard the election, which they are likely to try, then the United States is effectively dissolved
Open armed conflict is the last step in escalation. There is a lot of civil resistance backed by weapons to prevent massacres thet comes first
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All but a handful of House members voted against it already. The few that did are either in districts which voted for Trump or are openly corrupt.
The Democratic Senate leadership appears committed to blocking it now, which they were not until this killing.
The realization that ICE and the Border Patrol exist for the purpose of murdering Democrats might just change their views.
It is, but actually doing it means a shooting war with the US military. That war may well happen even if we dont go around killing ICE, but letting them start it for no reason at all will mean more support on our side, and better odds.
This doesn’t mean you can't use force in self-defense, or to stop a massacre, but it does mean that just up and killing them isn't strategically a good move at this time
As a practical matter:
- no gun store here will sell me a suppressor
- nobody will ship me one
- I can buy earplugs in bulk cheaply and easily
- a gun is just as lethal without a suppressor
Besides yelling, organize your neighborhood. Set up a Signal chat for people who don't want this
It won't stop them, but will make it easier to rally the broader public against the Nazis. Having more people siding against them is important
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The general strike on Friday spooked the billionaires — a general strike leading to communist revolution was a viable threat for a long time — and ICE might have made it one again.