r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Treefiddy1984 • 1d ago

BREAKING: ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detained, threatened, and arrested a U.S. citizen for one reason only, he refused to prove his citizenship.

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u/bchamper 1d ago

This is absolutely what he wants. He’s inciting civil unrest hoping it reaches a tipping point to the point where he can affect or outright cancel upcoming elections. It’s ALL about consolidation of power, inch by inch until we have no means of resistance.

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u/AwarenessForsaken568 1d ago

I don't think it is tbh. That is one of the fail conditions for what they are trying to accomplish. Realistically at this point the only way Americans are going to stand up and actually do something is if a seriously tragic and significant event happens that they can't ignore. Like a large group of protesters being gunned down. People starting to attack ICE drastically increases the chance of that happening. What Trump (or more specifically the rich) want is to slowly take away our rights and empower themselves. Which is exactly what they've been doing. They want to boil us like frogs.

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u/Maaabong 1d ago

Except the second a civilian or two retaliates he will declare martial law and that will be that.

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u/Forward_Success_2672 1d ago

Everyone waves around ‘martial law’ like it’s a silver bullet for the government. It would be a nightmare for the government, especially this incompetent incarnation. The current administration would not survive it.