Miriam V

No doubt it’s a regime, but isn’t worthy of capitalization? (I don’t actually care. I’m just being silly with you.)

Thank you for calling it a regime, as this is objectively true. But, do we capitalize it?

Hoping you’re OK.

Hey Evergreen. I just observed two F-35s landing at the Philadelphia International Airport. Is that a normal thing?

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Yeah. The not rushing part is important. Either way, this particular point doesn’t seem like the right hill to die on.

Agreed. His hat is the same hat as the Slav squat meme.

This might not be what you think it is. Google “squatting slavs in track suits.”

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Given the decline of Egypt as a power and their already-existing subordination to Rome, wouldn’t Egypt’s annexation seem inevitable, regardless of Caesar?

Don’t get me wrong…you’re raising interesting points. I just think history’s bigger than anyone one or two men. Rome was clearly sliding into empire no matter what.

A lot of this seems dependent on the assumption that Pompey would have restored the power of the Senate, but can’t we argue that the rise of the emperor as an institution was inevitable, even if it suffered some setbacks along the way? “The emperors didn’t make Rome; Rome made the emperors.”

Why?

The regime has carried out a public execution without presenting any evidence.

Thing is though…while Trump has unique abilities as a demagogue cult leader, he is just the end result of fascism that’s been growing since Reagan and even earlier. There’s an old saying “The emperors didn’t make Rome;
Rome made the emperors.”

Same is true of us. America is very sick.

Yep, you’re right. And, I think he’s going to look for every excuse he can to federalize them. Fact is, we are entering a very dark phase of the regime and year one isn’t even over yet.

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I’m with you 100%. My initial pushback in this thread was centered on what seemed to be some rather simplified magical thinking that the Guard could just swoop in and save the day. This crap is going to require a lot of organizing and hard work to resist.

Wait, how do I do that? I’m old. Help me here. lol.

Sorry. Character limitations. If you see me writing ellipses (…) at the end of a post, it means I’m continuing the message. I can’t stand social media’s character limitations. It leads to overly brief arguments and misunderstandings.

…their National Guard to confront troops under Obama or Biden’s command.

(Btw, I hope you both know I’m very anti-Trump. I just think this particular approach has a lot of issues.)

…confrontation between a state National Guard under a governor’s command versus the federal military. Such a confrontation, in and of itself, could be legal grounds for a president to federalize that state’s National Guard. Just imagine the opposite…if a Republican Governor attempted to use…

I’m pulling @gmsingh123.bsky.social into this thread because they are essentially the same discussions. GM Singh — I looked it up and you’re right; the guard cannot make arrests once they’re federalized. But, my larger point is still valid. I don’t think we should pin our hopes on some grand…

Please tell me what I was wrong about.

The Posse Comitatus Act applies to federal military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, etc.). It does not apply to state level national guard.

…those definitions don’t work for the straw man argument you’re trying to building against me, so you just double down on this ridiculous idea about “resistance” meaning “violence.”

Take a deep breath, friend. I’m not your enemy.

…height of the pandemic. I literally wrote a masters thesis on non-violent resistance to authoritarian governments. For many of us, the word “resistance” means many things, from organizing unions to strike for better wages/conditions, to applied civil disobedience on a large scale…but, those…