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[–] Pratai@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Define “the public”. And then illustrate how this means fuck-all in the long run?

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Long term effects will be unknown until seen since there's about a million ways this could progress. But I'll make some guesses.

  1. American troubles: Not much to say on this one, it's entirely possible we could both large and small scale actions of sabotage, murder, and more generalized violence against the federal government, it's agents, and those who work with it.

  2. 2nd American civil war: This one would depend on what regions and even individuals turn on the feds, it could be a large scale war like the first American civil war or it could be smaller scale like Syria.

  3. Mass civil disobedience: This one is a bit more complex in how it could effect things but if folks stopped treating federal elements as anything effectively ignoring them it could cause serious damage. Similarly if states started backing such actions by creating tax chaos and taking actions to delegitimize USD and start fucking with interstate commerce it could cause serious problems.

Now I'm going to go back to being sick and randomly shooting liquid out of my ass.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Appreciate the response, and- gross!

Wish you a speedy recovery and solid poo.