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Re:The Color of Surveillance: Monitoring of Poor and Working... by godelski on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @01:46PM (#21650699)
tldr: Guerrilla fighters have a long history of being successful.

Also to add, the US military is sworn to protect the constitution and not members of the political elite. So were this extremely unlikely scenario of revolution to arise, you would definitely see a division of factions even within the military (some pro gov, others pro people). I believe there has been sufficient evidence to believe this. American soldiers would have a hard time killing other Americans.

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Re:The Color of Surveillance: Monitoring of Poor and Working... by pstuart on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @01:58PM (#21650830)
The sitting president of the US has declared that war crimes are ok as long as they serve him personally.
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Re:The Color of Surveillance: Monitoring of Poor and Working... by godelski on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @02:11PM (#21650953)
Because no US general has ever defied the president...
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Re:The Color of Surveillance: Monitoring of Poor and Working... by pstuart on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @02:23PM (#21651058)
Huh? This is completely different. He's prepping his supporters to rise up in armed revolt once he is truly cornered.

I know this risks an admonishment by dang, but this needs to be said.

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Re:The Color of Surveillance: Monitoring of Poor and Working... by godelski on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @03:20PM (#21651672)
Wait, you think Trump is trying to start an armed revolt on the basis of him getting impeached? His favorability isn't that high... He has below a 42% approval rating. 1% of that actually rising up seems pretty unlikely. Do people not watching Fox news live in this kind of fear?
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Re:The Color of Surveillance: Monitoring of Poor and Working... by pstuart on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @05:09PM (#21652663)
Yes I am. I'm not alone in that assessment.

The soundness of such a tactic is moot when one considers the subject(s) at hand.

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