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minus-squareAllonzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoMaybe we should double down on capitalism again. It’s the only move the US has used in living memory.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoLike when Elon gets rid of “all regulations” make private bounty hunters/hitman legal again?
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAnything is legal if it’s not prosecuted. And with a dismantled government, how much can they really prosecute?
minus-squareblockheadjt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoProsecution is one possibility. Getting gunned down is another. Getting sent to Gitmo is another. Having your family retaliated against is another.
minus-squareWideEyedStupid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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-up0·1 month agoYup. And if they’re not prosecuted for it. Then their actions are “legal” as well.
minus-squareLeraje@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoThey won’t - that’s why your military will soon be a judicial militia.
minus-squareMac@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI assure you the last thing to be dismantled will be methods of enforcement on the populace.
Maybe we should double down on capitalism again.
It’s the only move the US has used in living memory.
Like when Elon gets rid of “all regulations” make private bounty hunters/hitman legal again?
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.
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.
They won’t - that’s why your military will soon be a judicial militia.
I assure you the last thing to be dismantled will be methods of enforcement on the populace.