Then honor demands that we die. I think there are still other outcomes possible but if that's how it is that's how it is.

Yeah, there are some possibilities. For example, if a strong resistance leader emerged. But, are there any good candidates for that role? I can't think of any.

Things like this are stopped by movements, not individual heroes. There are almost certainly organizations in your area already working against this. No one is coming to save us. But if anyone does it is the people who were already trying to, bolstered by people like you who see it now. Get in there.

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I recognize the optimism, but realistically, without a strong and strategic leader, coordination will collapse into disorganization and infighting. Historical examples like Occupy Wall Street demonstrate that leaderless movements tend to self-sabotage and generate instability without achieving meaningful outcomes.

While it may not have been your intention, the language in a couple sentences of your reply doesn’t leave much room for a continued discussion.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_cliché

Oops - I'll update.

I suspect it won’t come. The US embedded itself in everyone else’s business and is now withdrawing so we all have our own problems to deal with.

The safest thing to do is GTFO before the masses rush to do it. The breakdown of separation of powers in the canary in the coal mine.