[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by GGG

We have one threshold yet to pass.

Right now the Trump presidency can still avoid being imprisoned for their actions. The final step of these events is that armed protestors will meat armed soliders in a standoff and shots will be fired by someone perhaps accidentally leading to panic and a massacre of the protestors. At that point the government likely goes to jail or worse if they give up power and there is no out.

If you look at the French from like 1790 to 1850 it happens like 10 times resulting in either regime change or consolidation of power. Up to that point there appear to be off ramps to diffuse the situation but after that the train is on its course.

Nothing like that happened with the Kent State shootings though.

A grand jury indicted five guardsmen on felony charges: Lawrence Shafer, 28, and James McGee, 28, both of Ravenna, Ohio; James Pierce, 30, of Amelia Island, Florida; William Perkins, 38, of Canton, Ohio; and Ralph Zoller, 27, of Mantua, Ohio. Additionally, Barry Morris, 30, of Kent, Ohio; Leon Smith, 27, of Beach City, Ohio; and Matthew McManus, 28, of West Salem, Ohio, were indicted on misdemeanor charges. The guardsmen claimed to have fired in self-defense, testimony that was generally accepted by the criminal justice system.

On November 8, 1974, U.S. District Judge Frank J. Battisti dismissed civil rights charges against all accused because "the government had not shown that the defendants had shot students with an intent to deprive them of specific civil rights."[89][9] "It is vital that state and National Guard officials not regard this decision as authorizing or approving the use of force against demonstrators, whatever the occasion of the issue involved," Battisti said in his opinion. "Such use of force is, and was, deplorable."

In the US, you can kill citizens, call it self defense out of fear, and even the shooters get to walk. Let alone the politicians who cause it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_S...g-term_effects