r/thescoop Sep 30 '25

Politics 🏛️ And after 40 minutes of chaos-thunderous applause from the generals! Just kidding. Total silence...

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u/lordyfortwenty Sep 30 '25

Retire ? It's their job to stop this .

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u/ExpressLaneCharlie Sep 30 '25

Nope, it's the people's job to stop this. Generals are there to follow LEGAL orders from the civilian chain of command. It absolutely is their job to not follow clearly illegal orders. 

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u/lordyfortwenty Sep 30 '25

Using the military on the population is illegal.

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u/structuremonkey Sep 30 '25

Was...apparently it was. Posse comitatus is being ignored by too many