cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/31344860

Disregard all rules, Get this to anyone you know in the US military now

A tweet states that National Guard or Active Duty military ordered to violate constitutional rights can call the GI Rights Hotline for support, with the number 1-877-447-4487 provided.

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    201·
    5 hours ago

    Reminder that “I was only following orders” is not a valid defence. It wasn’t at Nuremberg, and it isn’t now.

    • Robust Mirror@aussie.zone
      9·
      2 hours ago

      Here’s the part that scares me. The only reason those trials happened at all were other countries stepped in. Who will defeat USA and hold them accountable in a worst case scenario?

      • iglou@programming.dev
        2·
        29 minutes ago

        You underestimate the strength of the 3rd Reich. It was something.

        No country on Earth can hold its own if the rest of the world bands against it. If the US go ballistic, they’ll fall.

        I’m more scared of whoever is in charge then taking the whole world with them using the big red button.

        • viking@infosec.pub
          2·
          47 minutes ago

          Define “loosely”. You really think there’s more than maybe 3 or 4 states that’d have a chance to sustain themselves on their own? And if a bunch of states would stick together against the others, you’ve got civil war reloaded. With drones, nukes, and blackhawks. Fun times.

        • Robust Mirror@aussie.zone
          4·
          45 minutes ago

          I’m well aware but the people that have the ability to influence that couldn’t care less. It’s kind of like worrying about a nuclear war at this point, if it happens we’re all pretty much dead, and 99% of us aren’t part of the decision to launch them.

          I’ve done/do as much activism on climate change that I can in the last 20 years. It’s basically as pointless as petitioning those in power to dismantle their nuclear bombs. No one in power is interested.