War is hell. And it is the most evil thing mankind has ever invented. No exceptions. But since we know it, and since people will do it, a military is a requirement for the state. And a state is basically a requirement for a military; no matter what Anarchists might say to the contrary. Moreover, countries that are good at making war tend to survive; whereas countries that aren't better have some one else looking out for them or they will either get razed or simply become part of someone else's country. I don't like it. I don't advocate that it is good, but what is, is what is.
And one thing the people who study wars will tell you is that for several centuries the concept of Causus Belli has mattered. Causus Belli isnt necessarly the reason a country fights a war, but it is the publicly declared reason for one. Even Russia, despite the fact that everyone who isn't Russia knows is to invade and murder and rape and kill Ukraine, gave its Causus Belli as needing to perform a police action in Ukraine. It is helpful for simps and nazis and sycophants who get into a discussion and need to justify their support of Russia in Ukraine, and a distracted lazy press will print a He Said, She Said about the matter.
The Reichstagg Fire was the excuse Hitler used to take power. And since Steven Mller is basically copying the nazi playbook; play by play it would be well for us to understand the importance of what people think about each side. Fascists understand the need to justify their actions; their ideology is all surface. The lack of reciprocity in violence by the left against the occupying troops and thuggish law enforcement behavior has frustrated them immensely.
You can't stop an election if you don't have people willing to point a gun at people to vote and murder them. That's a fact. Which means that if you believe that Maga wants to prevent the next election (and pretty much everyone does at this point); you are going to need your troops to cross the line from being thugs to committing murder. That's a fact.
In the 1960's the Kent State Shooting involved national guard members blatantly opening fire on peaceful protesters. The governor and murderers all claimed it wasn't deliberate. And no one but conservatives bleieved them. It was a turning moment in the Vietnam War and limited Conservative Power for a genertation until Reagan destroyed the country.
So the reason they aren't murdering us is because they suck at establishing Causus Belli. No one but maga believes them. They control a lot of the media and a lot of the media is cowed, but as we saw with Kimmel, their attempts at putting a gun to everyone's head and say "Clap for Charlie Kirk or you Die" not only resulted in a boycott that made Disney buckle but even the fascism loving NexStar and Sinclair Broadcasting. This pissed Trump off too no end.
But make no mistake. They are acting like they are behind schedule or running out of time. I don't know what the invisible date in their head is, but they will desperately and desperately try to frame the left as murderous insurrectionists and point out our pointing out their nazi like behavior as "extortion" and "stop hitting yourself" and "Why do you hate yourself so much." After a while, you become so lost in your own double think that you become lost
But the point is, ANYONE who is recommending the use of vioence before Kent Day, before they formally decide to formly and legaly begin murdering anyone who doesnt comply is at best an asset for. fascism and far more likely a useful idiot or a plant from the DHS, FBI or ICE. Do not trust people saying to bring weapons to protests. Do not trust people using any kind of violent rhetoric of any kind.
Violence helps the fascists.
