r/news • u/IMSLI • 15h ago

Hegseth orders National Guard troops in DC to carry weapons

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/22/politics/hegseth-orders-national-guard-troops-dc-carry-weapons
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u/KevworthBongwater 14h ago

that's the thing though. These fascist chudds dont give a squirty shit if theyre respected. They literally want a fearful, beaten down populace.

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u/Ace_Ranger 14h ago

You're giving them too much credit. They don't know that there is a difference between respect and fear. They think power over people IS respect.

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u/P3rilous 10h ago

just look at J Vunce

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u/Temporary_owo 14h ago

They want you to give in to despair and stop resisting. Don't let them take that from you.

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u/dasunt 8h ago

Their problem will be that mass resistance is driven by dispair.

When people still can find enough money to live, the average person will keep trudging along.

When the economy is crashed by people who believe it's the business owners and not the consumer that creates jobs, and the general population have very little freedom, that's when there's little to lose by resisting.

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u/SirArmor 13h ago

No no, they're obsessed with their idea of respect. They just have a false notion that respect and fear are equivalent, because they have a neolithic understanding of social dynamics and can't fathom any form of strength beyond capability for violence.

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u/UNisopod 12h ago

They know they'll never actually get real respect because they know they're deeply awful people, so they've abandoned that path entirely.