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

submitted 12 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 145 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (4 children)

I'm not entirely sure what can be effectively done about it.

History offers no control groups; there is no "right" way to proceed. What's certain is that "nothing" is not the answer.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

History offers one very good "right" way, imo.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago

I'm not even joking but if this doesn't happen there's no hope for the future. we're past the point of simply prosecuting and hoping they get some time in prison. examples need to be made so others know that just because the supreme court said it's legal to do whatever the fuck you want doesn't mean you're getting away with it from the public.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

Maybe we shouldnt vote. Thatll show em

[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe we should double down on capitalism again.

It's the only move the US has used in living memory.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Like when Elon gets rid of "all regulations" make private bounty hunters/hitman legal again?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Anything is legal if it's not prosecuted.

And with a dismantled government, how much can they really prosecute?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

Prosecution is one possibility. Getting gunned down is another. Getting sent to Gitmo is another. Having your family retaliated against is another.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

I assure you the last thing to be dismantled will be methods of enforcement on the populace.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

They won't - that's why your military will soon be a judicial militia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

People should get creative. Imagine if they backed up every sewer in DC