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The state necessarily has a monopoly on violence; it’s part of what makes it the State. But what choice do the People have when the power of the state is seized by a group determined to use that power against its own population? The USA is famously “invasion proof” but there is nothing in place to protect us from such abuse. The only response that could stop a protracted guerilla style resistance is the total dissolution of the senate and house with immediate emergency elections to replace 100% of the members

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Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Be careful though, emergency dissolution of the Senate is exactly how Palpatine gained power. There has to be a careful plan and new system ready to go and not just fall to the one person it shouldn’t.

I know it’s fiction, but just saying. Dissolving it is one thing, but having a coherent plan is another.

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- Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Its not even fiction. Palpatine’s rise to power is based on actual history. Both the Roman Empire and WW2 Germany.
  
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  - Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I mean true. At least Germany and Romans didn’t have JarJar.
    
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Banana@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The monopoly on violence for the most part comes from the military, so the choice they have is a military coup. Problem is he’s stacked the military with loyalists

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- meep_launcher@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I mean this is actually what the second amendment was for, it would be nice if the NRA said something.
  
  If you go left enough you get your guns back.
  
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- Baphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  He stacked military leadership with loyalists. It’s still each and every individual soldiers responsibility to determine for themselves whether they will follow an order if they believe it to be unjust. Many in the military are Maga, but there will be many that would refuse such orders as well… Basically, I’m just trying to say the military isn’t a hivemind. If orders came down to attack us citizens, I’d hope there’d be significant pushback throughout the ranks.
  
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  - icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Refuse an order, get court martialled despite all your rights, get dishobourablu discharged and lose your livelihood, all for some people you dont know, and greatly negatively affect the lives of those you provide for.
    
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