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sop

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Wed Feb 12, 2025, 08:23 AM Feb 12

'Will the Current Musk Coup Define Our Future?'

"A classic coup d’état has guns. Uniformed men run wild seizing government agencies and claiming control over what government does and who government serves."

"But in our new cyber age, the Yale historian Timothy Snyder reflected this past week, a coup can unfold without any armed overthrow. We can have 'a couple dozen young men go from government office to government office, dressed in civilian clothes and armed only with zip drives.'"

"These young men, operating upon 'vague references to orders from on high,' can gain access to basic computer systems and 'proceed to grant their Supreme Leader' effective power over just about everything that government does."

"The historian Snyder is, of course, describing America’s current reality. He’s calling this reality a coup — and so are countless other defenders of America’s democratic faith."

https://inequality.org/article/will-the-current-musk-coup-define-our-future/

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'Will the Current Musk Coup Define Our Future?' (Original Post) sop Feb 12 OP
So the court does order ampm Feb 12 #1

ampm

(363 posts)
1. So the court does order
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 03:37 PM
Feb 12

But what if he tells them pound sand who defend the constitution

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