fossilesque@mander.xyz to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoPresidential Memoranda to approve use of US Armed Forces against American protesters, labeling riots as an act of rebellion.www.whitehouse.govexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month agoThey need to do this to maintain authority and control. I don’t mean they need to do this for public safety or anything.
minus-squareAphelion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoSure, sure. It’s also to incite further action so they can implement marshal law and suspend elections.
minus-squareWizardOfLoneliness [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoinciting a civil war isn’t what a government that is in control tries to do
minus-squareAphelion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoUsually, you would be correct. This government is a little different.
minus-squareShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago…for reasons that don’t bear explaining, apparently
They need to do this to maintain authority and control. I don’t mean they need to do this for public safety or anything.
Sure, sure. It’s also to incite further action so they can implement marshal law and suspend elections.
inciting a civil war isn’t what a government that is in control tries to do
Usually, you would be correct. This government is a little different.
…for reasons that don’t bear explaining, apparently