America is about to become a police state

[dlk]

I never in my wildest dreams imagined it would happen to my country, but here we are. Things are about to become very, very ugly.

Thank you GOP!

[B.See]

1. thank the mfers who empowered them.

[Cheezoholic]

2. Go read some of the ICE REDDIT threads especially the threads about ICE jobs. Scary shit n/t

[underpants]

3. What's the over/under on when we call ICE "Peacekeepers"?

Hunger Games

[Picaro]

4. America is already a police state

[quakerboy]

17. Not like its about to be

[Javaman]

23. You have no idea as to what is to come

Look up the East German stazi

[dlk]

39. You haven't seen anything yet

n/t

[LymphocyteLover]

5. That is my greatest fear right now. I mean I know it's going to happen to some degree

I just don't know how bad it's going to get

[DENVERPOPS]

10. Just

re-read ANIMAL FARM, Trump used it as a game plan all thru is first term..........And is doing steroids as he uses it all over again.....
Seriously, if you look at it in that way, it is laughable to see him doing the exact same things..........

[LymphocyteLover]

11. Hmm, interesting. I haven't read that in almost 50 years... will have to revisit

Thanks...

Can't remember how it ends.

[DENVERPOPS]

13. If I was a zillionaire,

I would have printed a few hundred million copies, and mailed them to every address in America......
It reads at a third grade level, whereas 1984 reads at a much higher level and un-readable for Trump's beloved un-educated that he loved.....

[quakerboy]

19. Early 40s germany

But with the added "benefits" of modern technology.

Its going to be worse than virtually any of us have even contemplated.

[LymphocyteLover]

38. Lovely! OTOH, we have modern technology that we hopefully can use to resist...

[Johnny2X2X]

6. ICE will be everywhere soon

They’re going to be visible in every city. You’ll see masked and heavily armed men daily in a lot of America now. They’ll be on street corners. In store parking lots. And they’ll be at the polls in cities in 2026.

[BidenRocks]

7. Civillian snipers on every block.

You do not have a mandate.
Will they level Los Angeles?

[DENVERPOPS]

14. Or

ICE impersonators............

[quakerboy]

20. No need for impersonators

With the new budget, if you want to kidnap people, you are hired.

[uponit7771]

8. Over funding ICE is no doubt a big ass red flag

[dlk]

22. Police departments are struggling to find qualified candidates

Can you imagine the quality of candidates ICE is hiring?

[madinmaryland]

40. Yeah. They'll be filled by the Gravy Seal Team and Meal team Six.

Golden Corral we be made great again.

[ancianita]

9. It will be Noem's ICElandistan.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. always has been, for many

[Solly Mack]

30. Yep

[CaptainTruth]

15. Use your Constitutional rights while you still have them.

Defend yourself.

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. At whom should we shoot?

And when?

[orangecrush]

28. Sounds like a loaded question.

[Oeditpus Rex]

29. Loaded with what?

I don't see how I can put it much more straightforwardly

If we should have guns, how should we use them in this case?

[orangecrush]

31. ...

"Loaded" question... Guns...

Call the pun police.

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. Oh, I got the pun

But I ignore the bad ones, which most are.

[Fla_Democrat]

26. I've been told....

that the 2nd only applies to the states national guard. Let me see.. where did I hear that, often and loudly.....

[Amishman]

16. Our direction is unsustainable and our society too stupid to change course

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The world as we know it is going to break eventually, if you are under 50, probably in your lifetime.

Be prepared.

[2na fisherman]

18. When does the left reach the "go-to-guns" moment?

Rabid right wing nuts are not the only armed people in this country. There will be blood spilled when people of all political stripes have nothing left to lose. Even pre-Nazi Germany didn't have to deal with millions of guns spread among the population. Many may choose to die on their feet rather than cower in a Trump gulag cage.

[lostnfound]

24. It won't, as violence provide excuse for martial law / police terror etc. The left needs media more than guns. Nt

[GoodRaisin]

37. When people get hungry enough to go after their tormenters.

[PatSeg]

21. I anticipate a whole lot of regrets down the road

but of course it will be too little, much too late. Seriously though, they (republicans) knew what they were creating and they did it anyway. What is wrong with these people?

[kentuck]

27. It does seem possible.

What should we do to prepare ourselves?

Should we buy an old 12-gauge for home protection? Used wisely, it could be the only weapon you need, in my opinion.

But, not endorsing owning any guns, however, some folks might feel better with a good shotgun close-by?

Just a thought.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

32. Police State? The U.S.A. is a country that doesn't know what it wants to be when it grows up.

Seems to be leaning towards a Sports State, where people just sit around watching sports all the time.

[BlueTsunami2018]

34. Well, what are we going to do?

Grouse and submit or go to the mattresses?

We’re getting to a point.

We’re getting to a fucking point.

[H2O Man]

35. Again?

It has frequently been one for some populations over the last couple of centuries.

Recommended.

[GoodRaisin]

36. It already is.

[JCMach1]

41. Revise that thought... We are setting up a PRISON

State. We were half-way there already.

Time to re-read Foucault.