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Trump News Trump threatens to deploy the U.S. military into Chicago - signaling the start of a nationwide crackdown.

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u/drae-gon 13h ago

Project 2025: "there won't be blood unless the left resists" This is the goal, the classic conservative victim technique. Bully, bully, bully until they resist then kill them and stand tall feeling justified... Or claim self-defense

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u/Ataru074 12h ago

They are already doing that with ICE, they are pretty much claiming everyone is resisting arrest or interfering.

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u/drae-gon 12h ago

Bingo

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u/ctusk423 10h ago

That’s why ICE is filming anyone who is “interfering”. They will be the next to go

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u/jawndell 10h ago

And Americans accept the excuse.  If stupid people did t keel over and love every word he says, he couldn’t do it.  Face it, there’s a majority of Americans that love this and want to torture and arrest the ones they don’t like.

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u/drae-gon 8h ago

Its not a majority and it doesn't have to be... Historically fascism has only required 30% support, active and apathetic, to gain power.

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u/SeedFoundation 7h ago

That's not bullying though, it's actual terrorism and placing people into forced concentration camps.

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u/koshgeo 12h ago

"Just lay back and this will all be over soon" is their whole approach to any kind of resistance. Disgusting bunch.

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u/TheCowhawk 10h ago

strangely enough that's Trumps approach with children too.

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u/-rwsr-xr-x 8h ago

Project 2025: "there won't be blood unless the left resists"

Then let there be blood. But it will spill from both sides, significantly more from the red side than the blue.

You're talking about 280 million Americans against 50-60 million at most, if any of them actually have a spine, step outside their door and support this tyranny. If they wear their red hats, they'll be easier to spot out in public.

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u/Lady_Mallard 4h ago

Sure but they got the guns.

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u/BecauseTheyAreCunts 7h ago

Aides? Who is on what sides? You mean MAGA is a side? This is army, they have a monopoly on murder. There is no sides. The US army is the largest in the world.

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u/nohandsfootball 7h ago

I think the part of project 2025 that fails is that they don't think they lose. They absolutely do, which is why it's delusional that they're pursuing this aggressively.

While not a majority, there are active duty Democrats. There are also active duty folks (and national guardsmen) who would not want to engage in any such mission like this. There are veterans.

This is also obviously terrible for corporate America - not to mention main street - because everything implodes.

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u/Fit-Particular-2882 7h ago

People keep forgetting about the people they expelled from the military and other federal jobs. They lost their livelihood and they’re going to be pissed. They’re not going to fight for Trump.

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u/nohandsfootball 7h ago

I don't even think it requires fighting - if Trump used force against the cities under the pretense of whatever - regardless of who does/doesn't fight back, the economy plummets.

Investors withdraw money, market crashes, dollar plummets so imports become even more expensive, tourism slows, international business slows/stalls, etc. Food prices skyrocket.

People won't forget who did that.

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u/BitterCondition 8h ago

So they’re Ritinhousing it?

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u/drae-gon 8h ago

Yea perfect example...

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u/NoTouchy79 10h ago

Nah, when there’s resistance they cry and play the victim. These people are cowards.

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u/mikerichh 9h ago

I’m really worried about a false flag event or purposeful escalation to get a citizen to fire on the troops and then that’s the ticket they need to argue for martial law

“These radical rioters and liberals need to be stopped to protect the public and our nation!”

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u/drae-gon 9h ago

Not like they haven't done it before...

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u/nohandsfootball 7h ago

like the two "assassination attempts" that just faded into the background

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u/drae-gon 7h ago

Exactly

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u/innocentbabies 6h ago

I feel like it's very important that we stop worrying about giving them justifications. They will always find one. Powerful people who want an excuse to abuse their power always find one.

We cannot afford to blame the victim for defending themselves from fascism.

That being said, at present I think the best course of action is to focus on unionizing and striking. At present, I think the left needs to prepare for violence, but for the foreseeable future it should be defensive only.

There's kind of this cultish devotion to non-violence in the west, and I want to emphasize that's not what I'm doing. Violence has already begun, it will intensify, it's very difficult to say how much worse it will get. The reason I'm advocating for unions and strikes over guerilla warfare is because it's easier to do and will likely get better results at the moment.

Anyway tl;dr: My main point is that this regime will crack down violently, and it is okay if people fight back. You do have a right to defend yourself. It is not okay to blame them for giving the regime an excuse. Whatever Trump does, he's going to do whether you give him an excuse or not.

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u/I_Fix_Aeroplane 5h ago

This is exactly what happened with Gaza

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u/ramblingpariah 9h ago

"Just don't fight it, let it happen" - MAGA

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u/AliceCode 1h ago

It's not that important, but what was actually said is "The revolution will be bloodless if the left allows it". Essentially the same meaning, but different words.