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minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up86·edit-24 hours ago I’m not entirely sure what can be effectively done about it. History offers no control groups; there is no “right” way to proceed. What’s certain is that “nothing” is not the answer.
minus-squareAllonzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·3 hours agoMaybe we should double down on capitalism again. It’s the only move the US has used in living memory.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 hours agoLike when Elon gets rid of “all regulations” make private bounty hunters/hitman legal again?
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 hours agoAnything is legal if it’s not prosecuted. And with a dismantled government, how much can they really prosecute?
minus-squareMac@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 minutes agoI assure you the last thing to be dismantled will be methods of enforcement on the populace.
minus-squareLeraje@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-243 minutes agoThey won’t - that’s why your military will soon be a judicial militia.
History offers no control groups; there is no “right” way to proceed. What’s certain is that “nothing” is not the answer.
Maybe we should double down on capitalism again.
It’s the only move the US has used in living memory.
Like when Elon gets rid of “all regulations” make private bounty hunters/hitman legal again?
Anything is legal if it’s not prosecuted.
And with a dismantled government, how much can they really prosecute?
I assure you the last thing to be dismantled will be methods of enforcement on the populace.
They won’t - that’s why your military will soon be a judicial militia.