This country is just too big to be accountable. They can literally pass anything these days, regardless of any and all opposition. They are bypassing constitutional checks and balances for fucks sake by giving the president authority to sign it without even looking at its contents. On a federal level, this nation doesn't resemble a democracy at all. It looks more like the ECB tell Greece and Portugal to suck a dick. I think this government is wayyyy past salvageable. Time to scrap it and start fresh.
Problem is, an armed populace has got nothing on drones, attack choppers, tanks, and artillery. And even without those things, if it was just guns vs. guns, there's training and body armor on the side of the military. Now even if somehow all equipment and logistics were even, we're all fat. 2/3s of the populace are not fit for combat. The only way a rebellion could happen is if the military turned on the government too, and I don't see that happening too easy.
This is unfortunately a very good point. 1 way to get the military to defect would be to stop paying them. I suppose complete & utter economic collapse is our best hope for the phoenix of liberty to rise from the flames.
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pray_the_gay_away ago
This country is just too big to be accountable. They can literally pass anything these days, regardless of any and all opposition. They are bypassing constitutional checks and balances for fucks sake by giving the president authority to sign it without even looking at its contents. On a federal level, this nation doesn't resemble a democracy at all. It looks more like the ECB tell Greece and Portugal to suck a dick. I think this government is wayyyy past salvageable. Time to scrap it and start fresh.
KingMortales ago
Problem is, an armed populace has got nothing on drones, attack choppers, tanks, and artillery. And even without those things, if it was just guns vs. guns, there's training and body armor on the side of the military. Now even if somehow all equipment and logistics were even, we're all fat. 2/3s of the populace are not fit for combat. The only way a rebellion could happen is if the military turned on the government too, and I don't see that happening too easy.
pray_the_gay_away ago
This is unfortunately a very good point. 1 way to get the military to defect would be to stop paying them. I suppose complete & utter economic collapse is our best hope for the phoenix of liberty to rise from the flames.
KingMortales ago
I really wish I was wrong about it, but this is something that's been weighing on my a lot lately.