For what it is worth, this weekend was roughly the 7th or 8th peaceful protest I have attended so far this year. It was the first in which I did not directly see a government employee firing something at a peaceful protester.
I hope there'll be enough military service people who'll defy unlawful orders, but I fear they have "Follow your superiors" drilled into them from the very start.
I remember reading on forums a decade or two ago comments by some Americans who believed in their exceptionalism, that they would never be like Nazi soldiers who just followed orders...
> I think the protests over the weekend show that if the 2026 election were subverted then a lot of the population would take to the streets.
Ok? They’ll be pummeled by the police and natguard again. Maybe whatever sort of “revolutionary republican guard” Trump eventually creates for himself too.
Once the army fires on peaceful protestors protesting a corrupt election? That’s the point of no return.