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minus-squareAllonzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up50arrow-down3·15 hours 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-up20arrow-down1·14 hours agoLike when Elon gets rid of “all regulations” make private bounty hunters/hitman legal again?
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·14 hours agoAnything is legal if it’s not prosecuted. And with a dismantled government, how much can they really prosecute?
minus-squareWideEyedStupid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·38 minutes 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-up2·31 minutes agoYup. And if they’re not prosecuted for it. Then their actions are “legal” as well.
minus-squareblockheadjt@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·12 hours agoProsecution is one possibility. Getting gunned down is another. Getting sent to Gitmo is another. Having your family retaliated against is another.
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·31 minutes agoAll legal, if they aren’t prosecuted either.
minus-squareMac@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 hours agoI assure you the last thing to be dismantled will be methods of enforcement on the populace.
minus-squareLeraje@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-213 hours agoThey won’t - that’s why your military will soon be a judicial militia.
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?
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.
Prosecution is one possibility. Getting gunned down is another. Getting sent to Gitmo is another. Having your family retaliated against is another.
All legal, if they aren’t prosecuted either.
I assure you the last thing to be dismantled will be methods of enforcement on the populace.
They won’t - that’s why your military will soon be a judicial militia.