One of the men goes for her phone. The other grabs at her hands. Ozturk screams. Shock and fear ripple through her voice. Two masked women join them, tugging at her backpack, peeling the straps from her shoulders. “I’m going somewhere, I need to call someone,” she pleads. “We’re the police. Relax,” one of the men says in response.

They surround her. Then, one by one, they pull their neck gaiters up to cover their faces. “You don’t look like police,” a voice off screen says. “Why are you hiding your faces?” The questions continue, but the figures don’t respond. Instead, they cuff Ozturk, cross the street, and put her in an unmarked SUV. She is gone.

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    Your guns don’t compare to the guns the government use. Nor do you have the numbers to resist even if equally armed. If the 1/3 of voters that didn’t vote, actually voted for for Harris, you wouldn’t be in this mess but there you are.

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      Yeah well, ask the Afghans or Vietnamese. Turns out you don’t need to have the same fire power to drag your opponent through the mud.

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        The Vietnamese had some of the greatest strategic minds in their history leading the fight against the Americans.

        So far, it doesn’t seem like there’s a single leader for a resistance in the U.S., and certainly none as skilled in tactics.

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          Where do you expect the resistance leaders to come from?

          From the state resistance leadership school, with the public resistance leadership grant? If you dont form a resistance you cannot create resistance leaders

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        The Afghans and Vietnamese had nothing to lose. Americans, no matter how much they complain online, have everything to lose.

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      What do you mean about numbers? The state and it’s guards are always massively outnumbered by the people, it’s just a question of organization.

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        But how many people are willing to risk their life without immediate danger to themselves (yet)?