This is an internal coup, there's no doubt about it. I'm not sure how the oligarchs are letting this happen. It's insane. Their regret will not make me happy.
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It's being funded by the Oligarchs, why would they want to stop it?
Oligarchs are not unified. Some companies are heavily disaffected like pharmaceuticals thanks to RFK. Tariffs will also hurt most businesses' bottomline. Trump's policies only benefit certain oligarchs (tech companies and Musk) so the other oligarchs who get pissed off will band together to support someone friendlier.
The oncoming recession is going to hurt most businesses.
But not the owners. They'll be able to buy up those tasty, cheap stocks.
Exactly. In every crisis, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Out of the last several financial crises, who's come out for the better? All I see is the widening of the gap between rich and poor.
Makes me wonder about the rhetoric against violence and how 'we need to be above that'. Where has that message come from?
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They're letting it happen because he is supporting the oligarchy, giving tax breaks to people who don't need them, etc.
Wealth != intelligence
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Hey Americans if you were looking for a red line this should probably be it...
I think america is just dying with a whimper
Is this country worth fighting for? The people are....but this country?
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General Brown was abruptly dismissed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on February 21, 2025 by President Donald Trump. Trump subsequently announced that Brown would be replaced with John D. Caine, who did not meet the legal prerequisites for the position, and who, according to Trump, had pledged "I love you, sir. I think you’re great, sir. I’ll kill for you, sir.", while wearing a MAGA hat.
Cool, cool cool cool cool...
This will turn out well...
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As a Canadian, this looks worryingly like he's lining up the military leadership who will be prepared to invade Canada - not to mention Gaza, Greenland, Panama, and any parts of Europe Putin doesn't want yet.
It's a two front offensive. One front is the American people, the other is other countries that Trump wants or doesn't see as allies (i.e. allies being other nations with fascist leaders).
Edit: clarification.
What the hell is Canada supposed to do if Americans roll up on the borders. What the hell can the Canadian military — or the American people for that matter — do if they forced Canada to capitulate or face a nuclear threat? That might be an alarmist what-if... but is it, really?
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Ugh .. ENLISTED MEN WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO YOU! YOU COULD HAVE STOPPED HIM!!
This is when we need the educated officers in our military to step the fuck up and end this shit.
Yeah, those generals should find some backers, ask their loyalists down the chain to come with them, and march on Washington.
Defending against enemies foriegn (Musk/Putin) and domestic (Trump/Musk).
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And so his purge of bipartisan and democratic leaders of the military allows him to ensconce lackeys that won’t question or refuse orders to invade other countries, like Canada.
People keep on saying that America won’t invade other countries, like Panama or Canada. THIS IS WHY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO SO.
It's time to remind the military that the only moral response to an unethical order is to ignore it.
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When is America going to do a Mussolini to trump? Hopefully they dont wait as long as Fascist Italy did
I vote Gadaffi style! Second place is Saddam style because he's already familiar with hiding in a bunker and if he's in there with anyone armed it might turn into a surprise Hitler.
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"The removal of the second Black man to serve as America’s most senior general and the first woman to" .....and there it is.
I genuinely hope racism and sexism are the primary motivations behind this because that's pretty much the best case scenario
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Imagine helping to protect your country for 40 years, only to have a felon who is offended over the existence of people with any skin colour besides white take all that away from you. I predict that a white man will be offered to take Brown's place and will be far less qualified.
That's what all of this anti "DEI" (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) is about, purging anyone who isn't a straight, able-bodied white male.
I see this in every thread. He was a felon when he was running. People voted for a felon. The American people wanted a criminal in the white house. The guy all previous generals who worked with him warned against. 77 million people are responsible for these firings, plus whatever many stayed home and didn't vote. His campaign promise was to replace everyone with loyalists.
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I was just talking to a friend yesterday who mentioned that the conditions for China to invade Taiwan will be optimal in three weeks based on the ocean conditions and ship movements.
I said even if Trump wants to be the "president of peace" and avoid interfering, the generals wouldn't allow the inaction. I think my exact words were, "he would have to fire them all in the next two weeks."
America is toast. Best we can hope for is a military coup. Military purge is in progress. At this point I think threatening to nuke Canada is the red line and only if prevailing winds are on my side.
Left and right are living in alternate realuties and this can only lead to violence. If the military chooses right then it's world war 3.
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And unfortunately, us normies don't have a prayer against a modern military intent on enforcing fascism.
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Remember a few months ago when Trump said he needed generals like Hitler had
I hope the joint Chiefs already had plans in place as a contingency for this. Now is the time for a military coup. The sooner it's done, the less messy things will get
Every single member of the military I've talked to, somehow, for some reason seems to support Trump. I'm fucking stunned by it, but it seems he has their support.
it's about a 50/50 at my local base. The vets, on the other hand, tend to lean towards tRUmp. I have never gotten it either. Our regional congressman, or ex now, never did jack shit for us. We were a tool to get her elected every time. She didn't really do anything to help. When she left, what did they do? Idiots voted in another useless GOP.
When PACT was first shot down, I had to actually explain why that was a bad thing and that we needed it. They bought every last fake talking point. I had actually read the measure. Anyone that did had seen why it was a good thing.
We have a problem of propagation of fake news on bases. A lot of them show faux on the TVs in waiting areas. On top of that, it tends to be conservatives that join. Officers do tend to be less red. I really don't know what would happen if the military actually fulfilled its oath to protect against the domestic threat part of our oath.
It is disgusting hearing fellow vets with the "I got mine" attitude, or other attitudes that are directly against the nature of service. That isn't what we were serving for.
Also, the "I got mine" group is about to lose all of what they got.
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This shit is moving so fast. And any pushback initiative to the insanity moves so slow. I hope there will be real elections again in a few years, but it feels like game-over tbh
Yeah, people abroad are wondering why Americans won't just stand up, but the reality is that the country is massive and you need an incredible organizing effort to offer any real, organized resistance.
And sure, some groups have tried, but you really need your opposition party, or some kind of major celebrity, or someone else with major reach to organize something that reaches every American and pulls them together to action.
And that just hasn't happened. Some people have spoken out, but nobody has been willing to lead that next step and really lead a movement. Words aren't gonna be enough to counter this.
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Even if Americans actually stand up to this and General Strike or something, how long will it take anyone who isn't a white man to believe pretty much anything the American government tells them?
I was skeptical the entire country was going to fall, but now I think it is already happening. Putin won the cold war after we all thought it was over, I guess. And what a world he's provided for us...
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I have been thinking that the US military is probably the final stop on Trump because they have been somewhat more rational. Well, as expected, it will no longer be the case.
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This is to ensure the military won't be able to stop them. Expect much more and worse soon
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This is some dark shit. Removing proven leaders to promote cronies is both detrimental to our military strength and a massive red flag to our democracy. How this entire fascist takeover is being allowed is baffling to me. I genuinely fear for America.
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Just prepping the landscape for the Russian takeover 😅😢
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