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squeakywheel

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Oct 29, 2017
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Wouldn't they just send armed Predator drones + helicopters etc to rain fire until the military comes to the rescue?
 

Catshade

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Oct 26, 2017
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Even the most hawkish secret service brass could see that mowing down dozens of protesters on WH lawn is a worse optics than letting them take over the WH for a few hours. A civilian massacre on the WH grounds would be our 21st century Tiananmen Square.
 

V23

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Oct 27, 2017
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An international armed force may not even be able to penetrate the White House.
 
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Moose the Fattest Cat

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Alright. Here's a very simple rough outline for a scenario.

How is it that the protestors are not being mowed down? There would need to be some form of agreement with the military, or perhaps separately, of essentially a coup that enforces the 25th Amendment and Trump stepping down.

The taking of the WH then would essentially be allowed by the military, who evacuates the personnel and locks up shop, and the WH is taken symbolically back by The People.

No one dies. Symbol is big.
Not saying it's likely.
 

SasaBassa

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Oct 25, 2017
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They would be mowed down so definitely hoping they do not, Trump and police are too unstable.
 

SpaceBridge

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Oct 31, 2017
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Any thought of taking down the current establishment would require a full blown revolution, and a revolution requires unwavering leaders that could lead people to a better future. I don't see anyone in current American society that would have the guts, let alone the funds to attempt something like that.

You'd also need a sizeable military force whole divisions of the US military rebelling and joining said revolutionary forces. That's not whats happening. What has happened today is that the face of fascist white establishment has been exposed. What people of color have been dealing with forever everyone got a taste of it. The monster has been exposed.
What now? Well that's anyone's guess.
 

ColdSun

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Oct 25, 2017
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Hypotheticals like this thread, that need so many impossible caveats is definitely not needed right now
 
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