You choose to be a cop, I didn’t choose to be born here

He did just announce that the state should withhold all federal taxes.

If he actually does it good, but also buckle up boys

Honestly I’d take it at this point, there are still a lot of people that would take him more seriously than Harris.

Personally though, I think we’re cooked either way

We are so very fucked

The comment I replied to seemed to be referencing how dems tried to pander to centrist and courted Liz Cheney of all people for Kamala’s campaign.

I’m sorry this spawned off of your comment, but it seems entirely related to the comment I replied to.

Gaddafi.

You think Kamala would have sent the national gaurd to California against the governor’s wishes?

I mean the dems are useless and probably wouldn’t have accomplished too much, but we wouldn’t be living in a fascist state and she would have probably at least have been trying to codify Roe v. Wade.

But now we have this instead so

He wouldn’t but that would be absolutely amazing

Remember historically successful resitances don’t meet the enemy on an open front. They harrass and kill individuals. Soldiers that are alone, at home, and at the bar have historically been targets

I’d say the vast majority of people in the military these days are poor kids looking for an escape to cyclical poverty.

Pretty much everyone I’ve even met in the national gaurd are people who re-enlisted after their first stint in the army to get a regular paycheck while they go to school

I mean yeah the US military always has the option to raze entire cities to sniff out a resistance. I doubt that will be done

Only useful if you know when and where someone will be. Obviously heightens surveillance capabilities, but they can’t be everywhere at once

But you dont understand one protestor littered , meaning that it is now an illegal gathering and that the thousands of people gathered are a violent mob.

Very convenient

The powerful and their goons seem to have forgotten that sure they can roll up anywhere with an army and overpower protesters, but that’s not going to solve this. It’s just going to start a true resistance.

There have been few times in history where resistance forces have fought state forces on an open battlefield.

As seen historically, a typical resistance force will harrass the enemy. Bomb their buildings, stockpiles, and infrastructure. Wait until the state goons are alone, at their homes, at the bar, in a grocery store and then that’s when they kill them.

All sending the national gaurd in to kill protesters will result in is a true resitance forming.

The powerful have forgotten what it was like to be afraid to leave their fortresses

I think days, weeks if we’re lucky

Or its revival. This might become the spark that turns these protests into a revolution.

A new Boston massacre may be in our future

I am very fearful that many protesters will be murdered in the coming days.

And things will deteriorate quickly

I agree, it’s certainly illegal and probably the biggest constitutional crisis since the Civil War.

At this point the illegality is the status quo for this administration

Yes they are supposed to be under the direction of each states governor. The president can “federalize” them and then utilize them.

Another issue is the intent to use them in other states where those states governor’s haven’t given permission.

Basically the president can federalize a state’s national gaurd and direct them within that state. That’s legal, but is supposed to only be used during emergencies. Last time this was done was to prevent violence during the civil rights movement. However, moving them to another state without that state’s permission is likely illegal as is using the national gaurd as a long term police force