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In reply to the discussion: A thought... what if the "new" detention centers all over the country being aquired are for... [View all]
ForeGoneLegsBirne
(13 posts)101. A Modern Military Fully Turned Against a Population
CAN get as many of us that would be able to neutralize any organized opposition. It is hard to conceive that an overwhelming proportion of the military would go along willingly but even medieval armies were not stopped by ad hoc attacks by civilians.
The U.S. has a large well armed militant stripe of civilians hostile to its government and social regulation. I quote the journalist E.R. Shipp writing about militias around the time of McVeigh "We underestimate them at our own peril." I'm not saying they are an existential threat or could do overwhelming damage but even a disorganized flameout could take more lives and disrupt things more seriously and longer than any of us would be able to easily dismiss.
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A thought... what if the "new" detention centers all over the country being aquired are for... [View all]
mysteryowl
17 hrs ago
OP
I saw a video of a woman recording ICE and one of the thugs came up to her,
mysteryowl
16 hrs ago
#2
At some point, they will declare the "immigrant problem" solved and they will move on to "domestic terrorists".
Midnight Writer
16 hrs ago
#3
In Some prisons people have rights, but I haven't heard of very many satisfied customers.
1WorldHope
13 hrs ago
#88
They will soon run out of "low hanging fruit" after that it's anyone's guess who will end up in those corporate gulags.
Klarkashton
16 hrs ago
#5
I agree it's unlikely, at least in the numbers that it would take to minimize the opposition. They'd have to lock up
LymphocyteLover
13 hrs ago
#84
It's not a quibble I ever hoped to have to make, but you're confusing concentration camps with death camps
Emrys
12 hrs ago
#90
Never before did it seem like one party was serious about ending democracy
MadameButterfly
14 hrs ago
#75
if he deportd the immigrants that leaves these valuable private sector corporate assets empty
rampartd
16 hrs ago
#14
Maybe in time for Nov elections? ICE Nazis rounding up "suspicious" voters say they are working off FBI tips
yaesu
16 hrs ago
#15
I gotta hope that the next administration fixes up these places for our homeless or people waiting for their papers
Deuxcents
16 hrs ago
#30
This maladministration's answer to the Soviet-era gulag archipelagos that Solzhenitsyn wrote about.
Texin
16 hrs ago
#41
Well this is one proud Democrat who will not be helping to fill his concentration camps.
MuirHero
12 hrs ago
#94
It is funny and sad that I--and I am sure many others here at DU--never even considered any other possibility...
Ol Janx Spirit
15 hrs ago
#51
I've been saying that for a while now. Too many facilities; too much capacity for anything else.
patphil
14 hrs ago
#72
The "Tea Party" was complaining about Obama building "FEMA Concentration Camps".. hmmmm
LiberalArkie
13 hrs ago
#80
If the definition of, "Concentration Camp," includes people who are political prisoners,
Bayard
6 hrs ago
#119