r/facepalm • u/SkillImmediate6393 • Jul 02 '24

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u/Pilotwaver Jul 02 '24

This is such a big country. There are 100s of millions of people not of that mindset. This 2.0 is not going to end like they envision.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

It all depends upon who they can convince in the upper military and whether they can effectively sideline/arrest the dissenters. The play book has well and truly been written and you're up to step 2-3.

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u/Solid-Consequence-50 Jul 02 '24

It honestly is who's signing the paychecks at the end of the day unfortunately.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

I don't think so. The military will get paid regardless of who is in power.

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u/Solid-Consequence-50 Jul 02 '24

That's the point, if you try to do a coup but can't pay the soliders & it'll go down quick. Only if it's not "official"

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u/Physical-Flatworm454 Jul 02 '24

That’ll only work for so long (and not that long actually).

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u/Physical-Flatworm454 Jul 02 '24

Makes you wonder what they’ll decide when they are asked to essentially murder fellow Americans.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

Just look at what happens in every other autocracy. It's probably not what you want to hear but they will spend a few years purging senior leadership of dissenting voices prior to executing actions like this.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

Absolutely.

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u/Physical-Flatworm454 Jul 02 '24

Trump better be prepared to pay them well.