this is however a common mistake. you don't want a larger more powerful army if you're Trump. You want powerful extensive unaccountable cops. And he has that.
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typically when you are preparing to invade another country in order to annex it by force and also to potentially crush civilian dissent, you want the military to be bigger, rather than smaller
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Until an enemy comes knocking, that is.
Hitler prioritized getting direct control of police. Trump hasn’t.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263/the-highest-law-in-the-land-by-jessica-pishko/
Constitutional sheriffs don’t exist because of trump. But Trump and CSs both exist for the same reasons. And they’ll protect each other because of that.
Trump needs cops and paramilitaries with unlimited authority. And these groups do not have even partisan splits.
Smartest thing he could do for himself is stand down the army.
No one ever accused the Ustase of being PhD candidates, but they got their shit done just *fine*
not the man himself though
Secret police as gig worker might be the most depressing concept I've had to parse out
Greenlandic guerrilla: Electric boogaloo
“THEY’RE IN THE ICE!!”