So, lets say we get to August or some summer month, and 4,000,000 people are protesting right out front the white house.

Do they send in the tanks? Do they kill 1,000,000 people? Would republican civilians see empathy for the dead americans who were democrats? Or would it unite the nation like 9/11 did, except this time against the government?

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    First of all, I don’t think the Anerican military would follow that order. Shooting supposed drug smugglers illegally and shooting your neighbors illegally are two different kettle of fish for us humans who want to belong to sonething.

    They would have to turn off the internet including satellites and then destroy all camera capable gadgets, maybe with an EMP. I think this is too much hassle. There won’t be a Tiananmen Sq in the US. The Chinese could control the narrative internally and didn’t give af about the rest of the world - in 1989. As we see in Iran today, the world is but a village and footage travels fast. The risk is too high.

    But keep looking at ICE or “proud” militias. I would not be surprised to hear about these bastards sniping at protest leaders or even rando participants to discourage more protests. Look for fat guys on roofs.

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      I don’t think the Anerican military would follow that order.

      Of course they wouldn’t. Because Americans are exceptional, unlike those soulless Chinese bugmen.

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        I concur. They have already done illegal things. There will be some who will.

        Blowing up innocent fishermen boats and killing off the survivors.

        Stealing oil tankers. Kidnapping a leader of another country.

        Oh. Yeah. They would absolutely kill Americans.

        There is enough of them.