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[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 99 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (4 children)

The powerful and their goons seem to have forgotten that sure they can roll up anywhere with an army and overpower protesters, but that's not going to solve this. It's just going to start a true resistance.

There have been few times in history where resistance forces have fought state forces on an open battlefield.

As seen historically, a typical resistance force will harrass the enemy. Bomb their buildings, stockpiles, and infrastructure. Wait until the state goons are alone, at their homes, at the bar, in a grocery store and then that's when they kill them.

All sending the national gaurd in to kill protesters will result in is a true resitance forming.

The powerful have forgotten what it was like to be afraid to leave their fortresses

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

I hope I’m not giving too much credit for a strategy, npbut it might just be an attempt to provoke a reaction. Either California backs down or they resist and there’s an excuse to take over. Look for a bunch of masked thugs to try to arrest Newsom for “treason”

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 32 points 18 hours ago

Agreed. If protestor blood is spilled, it will foment a resistance that will build.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 5 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Only useful if you know when and where someone will be. Obviously heightens surveillance capabilities, but they can't be everywhere at once

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago

I'm pretty sure they were throwing drones in on the side of the people, not the government.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You should look at the fields in Ukraine strewn with the fiber optic cables of 100's of kamikaze drones.

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I mean yeah the US military always has the option to raze entire cities to sniff out a resistance. I doubt that will be done

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

I don't think the threat is coming from the military in this case, it's coming from MAGA.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Plus regular people can get hold of drones too.

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 20 hours ago

I hope a true resistance is born of this. We need to band together and rise up!