• buddascrayon@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    1 month ago

    Unfortunately, this is a exactly what Trump wants. He wants riots and chaos so he can declare martial law and gain even more power and possibly delay or even cancel elections. All of this is calculated.

    • KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      1 month ago

      He wants riots and chaos so he can declare martial law and gain even more power and possibly delay or even cancel elections.

      And the alternative is sit and let ICE blackbag innocents?

      The US has the 2nd amendment, which they love so much. ICE should be getting gunned down in the street by this point.

    • Lasherz@lemmy.worldM
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      1 month ago

      I dunno about that. This was more or less Chuck Schumers approach to passing his agenda. If you fight him it’s going to get worse, so don’t fight? I feel foreign nationals shouldn’t be leading the charge because of their vulnerability, but for full-fledged us born citizens following the law with their rebuke, surely many would martyr themselves for a historical rally against fascism knowing the ACLU would defend them.

      • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 month ago

        Oh we should absolutely be fighting but not with guns. We should be fighting with the law and protests. We should be confronting these fuckers at every junction. But the moment we pick up a gun or a rock or some other violent means we just give them the excuse to escalate the fascism.

    • lechekaflan@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 month ago

      If I’m not mistaken, a full national declaration of martial law would require not only approval of individual state legislatures, but also the loyalty of the military and the National Guard in every state.

      By bypassing laws and regulations, totally disregarding checks and balances now that mechanism is compromised, the bastard need not to declare martial law to spread terror.