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I mean, surely the story isn't that America can muster a few hundred right wing idiots who are up for rampaging through Congress - that's always been true. The problem is that the cops let them in.— Flying_Rodent (@flying_rodent) January 6, 2021
I mean, surely the story isn't that America can muster a few hundred right wing idiots who are up for rampaging through Congress - that's always been true. The problem is that the cops let them in.
The only difference with Trump is that they're not even pretending to be anything else now. And now that they've revealed themselves, they're surprised by the pushback from tech and the corporates.
Still - further rioting, with added murder and shooting, are planned for the 16th onwards. Somehow I have a feeling that even though it will be very ugly, it still won't put them over the top.
Partly because they've shown their hand and lost the element of surprise ("Revolution on the 16th! Bring drugs and take selfies!")
But also because a collection of chubby fantasists with automatic weapons are no match for (most of) the National Guard.
And unlike a real civil war, they'll run away if they start dying in significant numbers and they realise that OMG this is nothing like the movies!!!1!
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