not trying to doomer or take away from your point, but I feel like it's just the mental path of Cops are just gangs with power, and the military is just the Cops of the Government, ofc that isnt every individual, but if 1 person DOES shoot, what would happen after just scares me honestly - ThreadSky

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gameipedia.itch.io • 8 days ago

not trying to doomer or take away from your point, but I feel like it's just the mental path of Cops are just gangs with power, and the military is just the Cops of the Government, ofc that isnt every individual, but if 1 person DOES shoot, what would happen after just scares me honestly

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docvivileandra.bsky.social•8 days ago

As Bouie is pointing out in the thread, this isn't an accurate picture of the ideological character of the US Military

And the usual consequence of "some idiot actually opens fire" is a galvanization of opposition and disintegration of military morale (e.g. look at Kent State)

docvivileandra.bsky.social•8 days ago

This doesn't apply for authoritarian regimes which are broadly popular and/or where armed forces are of a different ethnic composition to the people they're shooting and/or armed forces are highly ideological

But none of these are true in the United States today

gameipedia.itch.io•8 days ago

o7 I'll go look into that, thanks for this thread in general btw, been seeing a lot of just reposts of event happening and people giving protest advice but this was the first thing that wasnt just news or prep for actions :>

antifashionaktion.bsky.social•8 days ago

There are a significant number of fascist troops but the best recruiting mechanism of the military is student aid. Many troops are people desperate to escape an awful home situation. They just want to put in their time and start a new life.

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