• extremeboredom@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I’ve got a device that quickly solves these problems. Guaranteed that upon its use, the invader’s behavior would be significantly modified from that point forward. In fact, many people in the US own this kind of device as well, and the right to operate these devices is enshrined in the constitution for this exact scenario! Maybe It’s time for people to start exercising this right.

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            4 days ago

            It’s hard to say exactly what would have happened, but there absolutely would have been several effects. A lot of the bravado you see from these pigs is because they don’t really fear any kind of consequence. Imagine the resources necessary to do what they are doing now, but for them to still feel safe in an atmosphere where armed resistance is likely.

            • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world
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              4 days ago

              Disagree. If one ICE gets shot, it’s cassis belli to be even more brutal. And the resistance loses the moral high ground. And the fence-sitters.

              And it isn’t as if Alex shooting one or two would have saved him from the eight others.

              Nothing gained, only lost.

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                2 days ago

                Well, Alex Pretti got shot either way. If he had taken a couple with him I would call that something gained.

                I think a major point here is that these goons can act with impunity because most people haven’t internalised yet that if you’re being arrested or raided by them there’s a high chance you’ll be killed or disappeared to El Salvador. At some point, the best you can do is just to try to take a couple of them with you. Once people start treating interactions with them as the life threatening situations they are, they’re going to have a lot harder of a time.

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      4 days ago

      Americans are, for the most part, brainwashed out of any sort of rebellious thought. Therefore, they won’t defend themselves, they will film, screetch and seethe.

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        3 days ago

        Filming is somewhat effective at this stage. People need to know what is actually happening, as the country is really big. When the retaliatory violence starts, it will likely be after one of these videos shows a massacre.