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The fascists are pushing on every single guardrail and getting away with it. Violent resistance now draws a line in the sand and turns the public against them. Like you, nobody wants a war, but it’s easier to fight back now than it is after they’ve put loyalists in every position and completely reshaped the entire state apparatus into their fascist authoritarian goal.
A military coup today to cut the heads off the snake would save you many hundreds of thousands of lives if a world war is required to destroy Trump’s fascist regime.
A few deaths now might stop a future invasion of former allies. Retaking control now would keep the nuclear arsenal away from these psychos
I hope you’re right, because what you’re describing is how things are headed. An entrenched fascist government will be a lot harder to remove with or without force, however.
Sadly in either case we’re looking at a decade or more to undo the damage that’s already been done, if it’s even reversible.
Whatever happens I’m certain now that American hegemony is collapsing in my lifetime, and hopefully that ends up being a good thing.