• fiercekitten@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    I like how they are all carrying wood torches to light wood kindling (burn temp ~1000°F), which is completely ineffective at melting copper (melting point ~1000°C). It’s so emblematic of Jan 6 where they completely failed at overthrowing democracy.

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      6 months ago

      They came really, really close. Completely failed would have looked much different; e.g. not making it up the steps of the building. In reality, they were this close to taking the VP, and one door away from members of Congress hiding under desks.

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        6 months ago

        The thing is a massacre of Congress wouldn’t overthrow democracy. It’d just start the Second Civil War.

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          So if they got the VP and convinced the head of Congress to certify the fake electors, poof. The Republic for which it fell. It was very close

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          That’s literally what it would have done. “Second Civil War” would be a response to the overthrowing of democracy. If they took the VP and held a gun to the rest of congress to keep Trump in power, then democracy is over at that point. The ensuing civil war would be a fight to restore it.