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I'm feeling so uneasy with everything I've been seeing. I keep thinking about what we will be this time next year, and if shit hits the fan, what is your plan? I'm queer and was politically active in 2020, so I would potentially be considered a political enemy.

The only blueprint I can think of is what you do in an active shooter situation; Flee, Hide, Fight.

I know there's that romantic notion of "don't be a coward, get out and protest", but I remember the brutality of the 2020 protests firsthand, and even then I thought "thank god I'm going toe to toe with the CPD and not the CCP". Next time is going to be different. The president now has authority to send drone strikes. Protests and riots don't stand a chance agains missiles and live rounds.

Flee- I have an Uncle in Montreal who my family could potentially use as a way to at least temporarily escape the chaos. The hope I'd have is that Canada and other countries would accept American refugees, however that's not a guarantee.

Hide- If borders are closed, lay low and move away from major cities if possible. If civil war breaks out, try to get away from the violence even if you think your side will win. Todays losers may be tomorrows victors.

Fight- If cellular data/ social media algorithms can keep track of you, and surveillance can make sure there's no movement, this would be the last resort of desperation. I guess if possible try to either find a group for safety in numbers, or conversely go guerrilla as groups of resistance would make easy targets.

Sorry my mind is running and I'm getting scared.

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (10 children)

He can order it all he wants, but that doesn't mean any branch of the military has to actually carry out an obviously illegal order. All it means is that he theoretically "can't" get prosecuted for trying.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

One of the biggest factors is that the courts can't get testimony from members of the executive branch of government, meaning if he does something insanely evil, as long as only his admin that knows anything about it, he can't be effectively prosecuted. It's pretty fucking terrible.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The people carrying out those acts are also not legally immune like the president is.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

True, but he can pardon them easily.

If they refuse, they can be replaced with yes-men who will.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

He can only pardon for federal crimes "atm" so if he drone strikes on state land the state can prosecute.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Also true. But, like, what are the states going to do about a mad king who's federally untouchable?

I'm trying hard to not be an alarmist (mostly for my own mental health), but it's not just that the floodgates are open; the dam has burst and we're all downstream.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Get thee to an armory

[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Watch as the Supreme Court use the supremacy clause to counter act this. If they've already reached this far, I don't think that's a lot further to reach

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nope. But they can be pardoned for those acts by the prez

This is not the protection that you think it is.

One of the elements of the Trump victory plan is for them to replace pivotal positions in civil and military services with sycophantic yes-men who are GREAT at not questioning orders - or, are of the same psychopathic stripe as they are, and are actually enthusiastic about executing such orders for one reason or another.

Not to mention: go into any US military mess hall, anywhere. What’s on the TV? (Here’s a hint: it’s not MSNBC, CBS, or CNN).

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

A huge portion of the military supports him.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

And a huge proportion doesn’t.

Dont underestimate how many people join the military at 18 for financial/career reasons and often end up living overseas and meeting people from different backgrounds. It’s not as conservative as people might imagine.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 5 months ago

I know that many do not, but I have no idea what the actual proportions would be. Polls are iffy.

[–] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tomorrow is the year 1446 on the Islamic Calendar. But it’s 1445 until then. (I’m using the Moroccan calendar.)

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 7 points 5 months ago

Someone will be willing to do so. He can just fill everything with yay sayers.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Obviously illegal order

Ahh of course, america has never once committed a war crime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Project 2025 has you covered. Law abiding service members will be replaced. snap. Easy peasy.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Soldiers swear an oath to the Constitution to not commit illegal orders, regardless of who orders them.

The issue is that the president cant issue illegal orders anymore. Since hes the commander in chief of the military, his orders are an "official act," i.e constitutional.

The supreme court has said that the president can order military executions of anyone at all and the military can no longer legally refuse. The above is constitutional, because the people who decide what is constitutional said it is.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

SCOTUS still decides what is or isn't an official act.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

SCOTUS can decline any case silently, with no justification. They can decide to not decide, ceding all power to the new American king if they like.

The military now have to murder americans if the the president says so, because he said so. That core check on tyranny, the military's ability to refuse an unlawful order, was wiped away by this supreme court.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If they declined to hear it, the decision would be in the hands of whatever court the appeal came from.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

This is a good point. So the main stalls the supreme court has are to take the case and issue the opinion on the last possible day of the term like this one, and then find that whatever it was fell onto the broad immunity.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

So what you're saying is that cops are getting drones

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip -3 points 5 months ago

The heroic military that are totally going to stand up for what is right regardless of their orders... sat with their thumbs up their asses waiting to see how Jan 6 would shake out when it was painfully obvious that the outgoing POTUS had declared war on the US Government and was attempting to lynch Congress and the VPOTUS

The Army is gonna follow orders faster than the pioneers of NASA did in the 1940s.