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> An event like taking over a state or national capitol or especially a military response to such a takeover could easily trigger a revolution.

Again I fail to see how occupying a building ends up being a take-over. Even if someone captures the White House, it does not make them the president of the US unless everyone else agrees with it.




As I have exhaustively explained it isn't just occupying a building. It's about the people who are inside that building. In this case congress and the vice president.

There's also an element of symbolism that could embolden similar groups to take over other seats of power.

This isn't about taking over the US Government as it is currently. It is an existential threat to the current paradigm. There's no natural law that says the US must be a federal democratic republic. It could easily be a military dictatorship.

This is all elementary revolutionary stuff.




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