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@markmccaughrean @demofox @louis
Yeah, the military strikes me as a major wild card in all this. I don't feel like I can predict what they'll do either way (unlike police, whom I can pretty confidently say will fall on the fascist side).
Will the military back Trump out of fear and/or misplaced loyalty? Will they overthrow him in a military coup? Will they fragment between those two goals and descend into infighting, and if so what will the balance of power between the sides be?
@markmccaughrean @demofox @louis
Heck, there's one person I'm acquainted with through an MMO who's military, and I feel like I can't talk to him anymore. I don't actually know his politics, but I figure it's best to not talk with him either way. After all, either he's on the wrong side and therefore I shouldn't tolerate him anyway, or he's on the right side and actually being on speaking terms with anyone with a conscience would be an infosec concern.
@pteryx @markmccaughrean @louis trump has purged military people, and some others have spoken against him. Definitely unsure what would happen if push came to shove.
@pteryx @markmccaughrean @demofox @louis Trump has fired or had demoted most of the actual military officers who are military college trained. The military really is a wild card. If they do like Korea, then they don’t shoot citizens. If they do like American cops, there’s gonna be a lot of bloodshed and 5th columns sprouting up and it will be a decade or more before we see peace.