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Originally posted by dk3000
They are taking away our guns and have been actively doing so en mass since Katrina.
I too was called crazy and given my official tin foil hat when I expressed my theory of Martial Law the day Bush declared war on Iraq. Frankly I am surprised its not official yet and the 2008 election canceled. It is highly likely we will see another 9/11 red flag op in the very near future (most likely April/May 2008) then it will be called and Bush will become dictator.
Implementing a plan for public revolt is already being carried out in Southern California- there have been numerous air patrols and increased police surveillance. Many military craft have been spotted like huge Naval Helicopters in formation flying over downtown.
Study the history of Germany from 1928 to 1949 and you will be shocked and amazed at how similar events are.
Originally posted by redoubt
The whole thing about martial law is that you are placing a previously (read: nominally) free population under authoritarian rule. This would not be good for business... and make no mistake; it is the corporate that has a large stake in everything that happens.
Walmart, Sony, Exxon-Mobile, AT&T... even McDonald’s would suffer catastrophic losses under such a decree. Even in the event of a major economic depression, a decree of martial law... albeit even a limited one, would be akin to national suicide. Domestic and global markets would collapse overnight, leaving billions in potential profit swinging in the wind of the new police state.
That being said though, the current government could write itself a means to remain in power through some disaster, natural or otherwise, and thus ensure that certain paths are pursued regardless of the people’s will. We may get mad and we may cry bloody murder but we’re not anymore apt to deprive ourselves of our material luxuries than those corporations are going to allow us to be deprived.
In other words, even Thomas Jefferson would be wasting his breath to preach revolution to our modern society. It just ain’t gonna happen.
So... some sort of fudging of the Constitution to cement a certain government is entirely believable. But martial law, barbed-wire checkpoints in front of the neighborhood Walgreens? Nah... I just don’t see it.
Not yet, anyway.
That’s my nickel, for what it’s worth.
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Allow the internet to be controlled and no real discussion about things will be possible, given that the MSM is pretty much fully controlled already, and at this point, the internet is the only free medium.