Title: Retired general warns the U.S. military could lead a coup after the 2024 election

Only in communist countries do they politically brainwash their soldiers.

  • Does_KJU_Have_Drip [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Liberal hysterics, why would capital overthrow the seat of capital? There is no benefit to any kind of coup in the US, no risk of communism.

    • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Think less "overthrow," more "new management." Conservatives often rail against existing repressive institutions not because they are fundamentally opposed to their mission, but because they think those institutions aren't doing a good enough job at repressing the right people.

      • Does_KJU_Have_Drip [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Please point to a historical example of a Liberal republic being overthrown by a fascist or military junta where there was no threat of socialist or labor movements. As far as I know, that's somewhere between extremely rare to unprecedented. The capitalists prefer the more stable system of Liberal democracy, and when that fails they are fine with fascist dictatorship as a back-up. But that back-up usually only occurs during intense crisis and a socialist movement.

        Considering Biden is an obedient puppet of capital there's no reason for capital to fund the fascist uprising. That would only happen if there was actual threats in the state to them.

        • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          no threat of socialist or labor movements.

          We're seeing a spike in labor activity, a democratic socialist was a major player in the last two presidential campaigns, and we're one year removed from a generational wave of protests kicked off and sustained for months by the patent injustices of capitalist policing. There's more of a threat of socialist or labor movements in the U.S. than there has been since the 60s or 70s.

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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          3 years ago

          We're living in unprecedented times. Capitalism is facing an intense crisis it's never faced before - the rate of profit is plummeting and the existing system is stretched to it's breaking point with no where left to exploit.

    • RNAi [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      You should check the histories of other places, libs get couped by open fascism just because it's more benefitting to biger powers, (especially for libs who try do some economic independence from the central powers, that's a big no-no and you'll get whacked with a big IMF loan as soon as possible).

      • Does_KJU_Have_Drip [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Let capital handle problems of capital. You don't need to side with them against "fascism" when they already have complete and total control of the state. The entire scare of "Trumpism" and "alt right" is over-hyped and scaremongered to get vulnerable non-voting populations and leftists more onboard with a "popular anti-fascist front". Seems reasonable right? Except that Biden is exactly as fascist as Trump is, by any definition I can think of. Democrats are not on your side or your ally against fascists.

        • effervescent [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Cool thanks for the lesson this is all new information to me I will now stop donating to democrats and stop enrolling in the army and stop giving cops hugs when I see them in the street you have opened my eyes

          • Does_KJU_Have_Drip [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            Good first step would be to stop fearmongering about the imminent fascist coup and pogroms that will happen anyday now in leftist spaces, because the only outcome of that is people being driven back to the Democrats to do "Harm mitigation" and it's hyperbolic and unrealistic. It's crying wolf.

            • effervescent [they/them]
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              3 years ago

              I definitely said they were imminent and I’m sure there are plenty of leftists on Chapo dot chat about to turn socdem because of my liberal fear mongering