After touching a hot stove, most learn from that experience. After seeing someone touch a hot stove, others learn not to do the same. The Branch Dividian incident happened in 1992? Twenty years is a long time. Social media reporting didn’t really exist. They might have a harder time controlling the story.
We can learn from the flash mobs. But we are dependent on state controlled communication that can be flicked off at a moments notice.
I have no clue how Americans will react. I have no clue if the county sheriffs, local police, national guard would obey if a out of control president gave them questionable orders.
The military is not bound to obey illegal orders, tho.
[Having run out of Other Peoples Money, the Feds] are a toothless tiger now, though it doesn’t mean they will not cause at least SOME pain.
So true all of them. Except the assumption that the military won't fire on armed civvies, esp. those resisting authority during a "crisis"---even if they're sympathetic. May I remind you of 9/10 and 9/11 and 9/12?
On 9/10, FreeReplublic and WallStreet and the Feds had NO IDEA what was about to happen to the country. Even Alex Jones could not have envisioned the TSA on 9/10 and if he had, EVERYONE would have told him "that's impossible in Texas, etc."
On 9/11, Lt. Heather Penney is considered a hero today because she was considering downing a civilian plane full of Americans. When TSHTF and chaos reigns, the military will fall back on discipline and duty--as they should! And they will. The next "crisis will not go to waste."
On 9/12, FR was up, but it was a jumbled mess of repeated nonsense from the MSM. Next time as listenhill says, the gov can shut down the internet and turn on the (now fed controlled) Emerg Broadcast System and let Big Sis take the mike and tell us what is "happening" and what we "must do."
When the next Waco's start happening, if FR or FB or twitter became a tool being used against the feds, they'd just ZOT it. Then we can sue them for violating the 1st amendment! Yippee!