Democrat landslides have been happening the past two years. Look at the election results at all levels from school boards to state houses to Congress. If they were going to rig elections they would and should have done so already, because those races matter a lot even if they aren't part of the midterms.
I'm assuming you're in Canada based on your instance, so let me tell you this: nobody who is a poll worker in the US has ever said that elections are rigged. I'd tell you to sign up today if you were in the US.
Declaring nationwide martial law is not a thing in the United States. It's just not possible because there are too many of us. We're too big as a population and too big of a country and there aren't enough active military members to hold a country of this size with this many weapons.
There's also no judicial infrastructure to do it. Martial law is the suspension of civilian law. It means no civilian courts, no Congress, no habeas corpus. It means everyone is being arrested by the military and tried by military tribunals. They fired so many people at the Pentagon that there wouldn't be enough courts to hold us all.
People love to throw that term around because it's always on the horizon and never comes, therefore we can always be scared of it. But it's irrelevant. ICE has what, a $10 billion budget? It's not martial law, yet we have these goons on the streets going after people. But does it make you feel any better because it's not the buzzword we're afraid of? Probably not.
My point is that 99% of Lemmy users ain't gonna do a thing except shitposting and maybe voting at most. Although most will just say things behind a screen like "wow that's cute you think voting works" or "well I can't say what my plans actually are because I'll get banned" which is a very convenient copout.
I bet dollars to donuts that almost nobody here is a poll worker, nobody is organizing, nobody is canvassing for their preferred candidate, knocking on doors, making phone calls, nothing. And certainly they'd be the last to get off the couch if and when shit popped off for real. Because when times get tough the ones who do the fighting are the ones who were hitting the streets before it got to that point.
Lmao no the test did not work. That was a PR answer by the administration. They gambled on the population going along with it and/or the courts siding with them, neither of which happened. There was massive public pushback, Democratic governors and AGs sued, and the Supreme Court said they couldn't do it so they were removed.
Now if you're so addicted to losing and dooming as many of my fellow leftists are, and you wanna convince yourself that this was actually some big brain 4D chess move, then go right ahead I guess.
DC is a special case because it's not a state. The legal precedent is now working against them in this situation, because it was dubious whether it was legal when they were first deployed to places like California and Illinois and courts have now ruled that it was not, so now there is no NG in those states that have not requested them.
"Martial law" is the leftist version of the rapture. Always on the horizon yet never happens. I was told martial law would be declared 3 or 4 times by now.
Save this comment and come back in two years because martial law is not happening during this administration or any other.
Yes but to play devil's advocate, no other country uses "America" in their name and the word is synonymous with the USA in English.