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drray23

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17. I disagree. The army will go along with it.

Reply to Gordcanuck (Reply #13)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 11:47 AM

21 hrs ago

So far, they have happily followed all the illegal orders Trump has issued. I believe that many people are evil by nature and are only constrained from acting on it by social norms and law.

We have a president who dismantled all these barriers. This gave the go-ahead to so many of these people. You can see that in ICE and Law enforcement too. These naturally attract authoritarian people. Give them a signal that it is ok to behave lawlessly, and they will do it.

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