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[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only if the police and military don't side with them... and there is a rage against the machine song that comes to mind about that.

[–] Lord_McAlister@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The police are bastards but the military will side with whatever side doesn't insight violence. That's not the Republicans.

[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

There were definitely a lot of military people amongst the Jan 6 insurrection. Plus we have footage of law enforcement letting them in.