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What are the chances you see martial law in your lifetime?
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:39 am
Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:39 am
I'm not old but I'm not young either. I've never seen things this bad before. Not just about government overreach but citizens who see conspiracy in everything.
Is it going to go down or not?
Is it going to go down or not?
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Posted on 4/15/14 at 10:40 am to Charlestondawg
Saw it in Boston last year.
This post was edited on 4/15/14 at 10:48 am
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:07 am to Charlestondawg
Saw it big time in S. Miami after hurricane Andrew.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:33 am to Charlestondawg
quote:
Is it going to go down or not?
It is not going to go down.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:52 am to Charlestondawg
Full blown martial law? I don't think we'll ever set it.
Implementing martial law is a bit like trying to take over the world. Why do you want to do it? Chances are it's much easier to get what you want with a more nuanced approach....you don't need to "rule the world" - just control the important bits and not even officially.
Same thing with martial law. The forces and groups that hypothetically would seek to implement it could and already do get what they want without it.
I expect we'll see something short of martial law but with many of the same effects:
-Increased or at least sustained imprisonment rates
-Increased militarization of the police
-Greater centralization of wealth and power
-Decreased social mobility and a general decline of the middle class
-Steeper income inequalities
-Further degradation of civil rights
-Worsening civic malaise and general political disinterest
Soldiers won't be needed at every street corner. Those conditions and an obese screen-addicted populace will make martial law completely unnecessary.
There will be no popular uprisings anytime soon. We made it through the 1890s-1920s without the German emigrants and anarchists tearing up the country, the 1930s without the Communists and unemployed rising up and the 1960s without a second secession...I think we'll get through whatever people think this is (it's nothing special) just fine.
Implementing martial law is a bit like trying to take over the world. Why do you want to do it? Chances are it's much easier to get what you want with a more nuanced approach....you don't need to "rule the world" - just control the important bits and not even officially.
Same thing with martial law. The forces and groups that hypothetically would seek to implement it could and already do get what they want without it.
I expect we'll see something short of martial law but with many of the same effects:
-Increased or at least sustained imprisonment rates
-Increased militarization of the police
-Greater centralization of wealth and power
-Decreased social mobility and a general decline of the middle class
-Steeper income inequalities
-Further degradation of civil rights
-Worsening civic malaise and general political disinterest
Soldiers won't be needed at every street corner. Those conditions and an obese screen-addicted populace will make martial law completely unnecessary.
There will be no popular uprisings anytime soon. We made it through the 1890s-1920s without the German emigrants and anarchists tearing up the country, the 1930s without the Communists and unemployed rising up and the 1960s without a second secession...I think we'll get through whatever people think this is (it's nothing special) just fine.
This post was edited on 4/15/14 at 11:57 am
Posted on 4/15/14 at 11:57 am to Charlestondawg
Whole lotta crazy up in this thread.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 12:05 pm to Charlestondawg
u.s. military had a hard time controlling a country 2/3's the size of Texas - it's almost impossible to control a large, armed population like the u.s.
would be dumb to even try it
would be dumb to even try it
Posted on 4/15/14 at 12:07 pm to Charlestondawg
Many federal agencies are buying mass quantities of ammunition. Your concerns are justified.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 12:30 pm to Charlestondawg
Posted on 4/15/14 at 3:25 pm to Charlestondawg
Not really martial law but...
Enforced curfews, Armed National Guard/Local Police checkpoints on every street to check for "Neighborhood passes" which was a piece of colored paper to show you lived in a certain area.
After a tornado hit my home town a few years ago.
Enforced curfews, Armed National Guard/Local Police checkpoints on every street to check for "Neighborhood passes" which was a piece of colored paper to show you lived in a certain area.
After a tornado hit my home town a few years ago.
Posted on 4/15/14 at 3:50 pm to Charlestondawg
I've already seen it multiple times. 2005 and 2008 both saw marshall law in many places in South Louisiana
Posted on 4/15/14 at 5:19 pm to Charlestondawg
Already seen it
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