But military intervention BEFORE a widespread-acknowledgement of proof WILL result in widespread civil unrest. If people felt beholden to smash windows purely because Trump was elected (and remember, this was all before he was even inaugurated, just elected!), you know that if there is anything even perceivable as a military coup, streets will be blocked.
People will be out in force like never before, and they will congregate in the streets, and if they have any brains, the highways. And that's where the damage really starts, which is why police basically never work to protect storefronts and property during protests. The corporations truly don't care, and the cops and their budgetmen are not beholden to the small businesses that are actually hurt by property destruction. The real damage comes when you gum up the arteries of America and stop freeway traffic, which is why Antifa protestors were allowed basically free reign within cities, while you would have half a dozen officers assigned to guarding a single freeway ramp.
This isn't about "oh those hooligans can burn Portland if they want to", this is about the very real logistical problem of keeping our capitalist engine (which must always be fed, and our current crop of capitalists is infected and mostly seem to hate the idea of rainy day funds and truly strategic reserves, which complicates things) turning over day after day.
A big part of why 9/11 tanked the economy had nothing to do with the specifics of the WTC as a place for magic money fun to happen, and everything to do with disruption. There's a reason we were asked to shop in response. If patriots are in control, then they know all this. Armageddon (remember what the word actually means!) must come before the Rapture of military involvement.
But military intervention BEFORE a widespread-acknowledgement of proof WILL result in widespread civil unrest. If people felt beholden to smash windows purely because Trump was elected (and remember, this was all before he was even inaugurated, just elected!), you know that if there is anything even perceivable as a military coup, streets will be blocked.
People will be out in force like never before, and they will congregate in the streets, and if they have any brains, the highways. And that's where the damage really starts, which is why police basically never work to protect storefronts and property during protests. The corporations truly don't care, and the cops and their budgetmen are not beholden to the small businesses that are actually hurt by property destruction. The real damage comes when you gum up the arteries of America and stop freeway traffic, which is why Antifa protestors were allowed basically free reign within cities, while you would have half a dozen officers assigned to guarding a single freeway ramp.
This isn't about "oh those hooligans can burn Portland if they want to", this is about the very real logistical problem of keeping our capitalist engine (which must always be fed, and our current crop of capitalists is infected and mostly seem to hate the idea of rainy day funds and truly strategic reserves, which complicates things) turning over day after day.
A big part of why 9/11 tanked the economy had nothing to do with the specifics of the WTC as a place for magic money fun to happen, and everything to do with disruption. There's a reason we were asked to shop in response. If patriots are in control, then they know all this. Armageddon (remember what the word actually means!) must come before the Rapture of military involvement.