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101. A Modern Military Fully Turned Against a Population

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 05:43 PM

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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 Monday OP

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I saw a video of a woman recording ICE and one of the thugs came up to her, mysteryowl Monday #2

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I think this is the 25th straight year Dreamer Tatum Monday #6

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It's always been different Dreamer Tatum Monday #11

That is reasuring. I hope you are right. mysteryowl Monday #12

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A Modern Military Fully Turned Against a Population ForeGoneLegsBirne Monday #101

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Webster's definition gab13by13 Monday #36

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We need a new name rather than "detention center" as that's not what flvegan Monday #19

True mysteryowl Monday #20

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See #36 MadameButterfly Monday #79

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Cots would be an improvement. TommyT139 Monday #77

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Thats why I always Junipercity Monday #42

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in 2029, what can those structure be turned into? SleeplessinSoCal Monday #111

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