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Flag flown upside down as sign of distress outside of US State Department building today (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 19 hours ago

            
              I see little reason to doubt it
It means whoever hoisted it considers there to be a crisis, which is consistent with accounts of public offices being overtaken by random young white men who are rapidly taking control.
Speaking as a non-American political scientist having worked a little with rule of law and fascism, it seems a bit late to start worrying. Think about what you can do for yourself, your neighbours, and your country, urgently or in the longer term. It's going to be ugly for a while.