Please don’t elect Temu Trump (Pierre Poilievre) or Trump’s useful idiot Doug Ford.

  • BillTongg@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Good point. The English civil war and the French revolution both went the way they did because the ‘rebels’ had armies which equalled or exceeded those of the government. Same with the other regicide that comes to mind, Nicholas II of Russia in 1918. So much depends on whether the military remains loyal.

    • LordCrom@lemmy.world
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      Right… How would you fight a military that has tanks, drones, fighter jets, Apache helicopters… The people would have what? Handguns, non auto rifles? Maybe some have converted firearms to full auto… It’s still not enough to counter the modern army. Plus you need real intricate coordination, techs to fight the cyber war… I can’t even wrap my head around how normal people could organize enough to mount a real threat.