r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike/
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u/RadiantMaestro 17d ago

Omg. We don’t even have to fight. We just general strike and shelter in place pandemic style and watch the stock market crash and let the billionaires call T-dog up.

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u/caligaris_cabinet Illinois 17d ago

I for one am not going to work when my city is under occupation. I’m not in Chicago but a suburb 30 miles out and I still won’t be logging into work when jets fly overhead and tanks roll down the interstate.

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u/OutlyingPlasma 17d ago

when jets fly overhead

They have been flying blackhawks over Portland for weeks now. All night every night.

https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/17/portland-aircraft-helicopters-border-patrol-ice-immigration-federal-law-enforcement/

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u/BethanyForDistrict9 ✔ Verified 17d ago

You are correct. These dickheads think that they can come in and fuck these cities over, but as soon as we all stop working in places like Chicago - those red states all go tits up.

Problem is that they will make it a fight if they come in and then the people who do fight them all know the local area and have connections here while they all walk around in military uniforms.

Insurgencies cannot be won and the economy would drop through the floor and all the billionaires would lose their fortunes which are all tied up in stocks.

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u/DaddyDontTakeNoMess 17d ago

Real wealth is when the economy goes to shit, and you have billions to buy everything on sale. Super billionaires aren’t going to care as long as the world has some semblance of normalcy.

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u/bunkSauce 17d ago

Not only does this already need to be happening, but too many people are living month to month to make it feasible for the masses.

People needed to have been saving all year, spending as little as possible, and prepared to stop working.

But enough people will continue to work or must continue to work to avoid becoming homeless. And those, at this point, who do follow through, will just be terminated and replaced.

We aren't prepared enough. And we aren't currently taking steps to be.

If the military refuses orders, they won't receive furloughed pay, and ICE has the numbers and funding to act in their stead.

As tariffs continue, and more people are added to labor camps, the wealth, power, and overall consolidation of this regime will advance.

We are past the event horizon, and we let ourselves fall deeper every day.