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I thought that if it came to it cops would side with the fash but SF seems to show Team Fascist screwing that up

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Yeah, but they lack the training to use their fancy military toys in a full-blown insurrection. We may be heading towards just that.

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Iraqis did just fine, with a lot less hardware.

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It turns out to be easy to make a country into an ungovernable hellhole

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America was never constructed to be easy to govern. The problem is too many people trying to turn America into Sweden. It’s an anarchy!

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The original design brief for the United States could be said to have outlived its usefulness

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It’s your only hope: the population is too diverse for a strong Federal authority to stand without becoming an oppressive tyrant. Rewind it!

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Strong Federal authority has moved things toward greater social justice in my lifetime (including, yes, abortion), hard to give that up

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I'm cynical b/c thinking such is mostly due to concentration of power (thus increasing access to once restricted domains) + late capitalism.

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The water we swim in, alas

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The period of time you're referring to also saw a decline in economic justice. I don't think that's entirely coincidental.

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