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minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoAnything is legal if it’s not prosecuted. And with a dismantled government, how much can they really prosecute?
minus-squareblockheadjt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoProsecution is one possibility. Getting gunned down is another. Getting sent to Gitmo is another. Having your family retaliated against is another.
minus-squareMac@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI assure you the last thing to be dismantled will be methods of enforcement on the populace.
minus-squareLeraje@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoThey won’t - that’s why your military will soon be a judicial militia.
minus-squareWideEyedStupid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThey won’t have to prosecute you if they just arrest you for being ‘violent’ or ‘terrorists’ and ship you off to El Salvador.
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYup. And if they’re not prosecuted for it. Then their actions are “legal” as well.
Anything is legal if it’s not prosecuted.
And with a dismantled government, how much can they really prosecute?
Prosecution is one possibility. Getting gunned down is another. Getting sent to Gitmo is another. Having your family retaliated against is another.
I assure you the last thing to be dismantled will be methods of enforcement on the populace.
They won’t - that’s why your military will soon be a judicial militia.
They won’t have to prosecute you if they just arrest you for being ‘violent’ or ‘terrorists’ and ship you off to El Salvador.
Yup. And if they’re not prosecuted for it. Then their actions are “legal” as well.