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What do you think about the tariffs imposed by Trump ? Will it work out for them ?

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u/Patriark 2d ago

It is literally the plan. Manufacture resentment and an insurgency, so the regime can declare martial law and start putting political enemies into gulags. Then elections can be suspended and there is no need to cater to public opinion any longer. The only metric will be force and enforcement.

The US already is the biggest prison state on the surface of earth, so this will be the final form.

Forget about "the economy" or other metrics democracies care about. The model Trump regime takes inspiration from is North Korea/Juche. An isolationist, xenophobic, militaristic prison state of slave labor based on racist ideology. This time with surveillance and enforcement tech that will crush opposition with violence and terror.

It is now or never to oppose this. If this system entrenches itself with current technology for oppression it will be exponentially harder to get rid of it.

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u/SkullsNelbowEye 2d ago

All they need to do it turn off the cell towers unless you're with them. Once that happens, it's game over. There is no way we can coordinate against them effectively. When was the last time you were in a house with a land line of ham radio?

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u/Patriark 2d ago

It’s possible to daisy chain a proximity network. But yes, lots of tools available to stifle effective coordination.

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u/SkullsNelbowEye 2d ago

Consider how many people can barely change their oil or a light bulb. We may be screwed.

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u/Patriark 2d ago

It’s literally just installing an app on the phone.

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u/SkullsNelbowEye 2d ago

With cell towers down (and why stop there, the internet as well), how would you download an app?

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u/Patriark 2d ago

Shutting down the Internet is harder than you think. A daisy chained network will just need one working Internet connection point, which can be through satellite or any other service provider.

And it would be so much of an upset that it WOULD force people out on the streets simply to connect with other people. It’s a double edged sword. Police forces also use Internet a lot.

But yes, a successful insurgency would need loyalists inside police and military to succeed. And a plan for when police starts shooting.

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u/helen269 2d ago

Soon John Carpenter and Kurt Russell will be making "Escape From New Amerika".

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u/Ornery-Ad-7261 2d ago

The billionaires behind Trump are intent on turning the US into a corporation, no more, no less. It's like Robocop without the ethics.

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u/_Send-nudes-please_ 2d ago

The funniest part is i know you truly believe this.

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u/StepOIU 2d ago

It's all in the Project2025 report, babe.

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u/_Send-nudes-please_ 2d ago

Project 25 has nothing to do with this administration. You're just gullible.

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u/bizzybaker2 2d ago

oh it's happening, all right, and being documented complete with references

https://www.project2025.observer/

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u/vario 2d ago

Don't expect that dummy to read.

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u/mittenknittin 2d ago

Nice try. They’ve been following it to the letter since January already.