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Re:Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after... by gjsman-1000 on Friday January 14, 2022 @11:19AM (#29936351)
Well, then, it would have been a massacre, but democracy still wouldn't have died. We have a chain of command that has been clearly defined - President, then Vice President, then Speaker of the House, then all of the Secretaries in a specific order, and so on.

Unless they managed to get the Army, or the Nuclear Codes, or something greater than just controlling a building, they would have needed to kill the President, the Vice President, and every single House and Senate member (including those not in the building) and then get control of the Army or Popular Support or something massive to have a shot. I don't think they were anywhere close with that.

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Re:Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after... by oneoff786 on Friday January 14, 2022 @11:22AM (#29936402)
You keep framing this as either democracy dies or it’s a nonissue.

Personally I think a mob massacre of political leaders is bad on its own. Ymmv.

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Re:Jan 6 committee subpoenas Meta, Google, Reddit etc. after... by regularfry on Friday January 14, 2022 @11:27AM (#29936495)
This is begging the question, textbook. The whole point would be to install the President by non-democratic means.
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