That's the thing. They must have really never been in a situation where they learned that the hard way, you know?
Put in a crowd, they aren't going to be able to tell the "good ones" from anyone else.
It's like the whole "All white people are racist" thing. If you put Cletus the nigger-hanger in the same category as Shannon the soccer mom, why would I ever trust you to recognize the "good ones" when the chips are down?
I have family in LA and I have a lot of fond memories of visiting them and going to Little Tokyo. I didn't start out wanting to join a right-wing death squad, but they are making it a pretty appealing choice.
I wanna see skulls cracked! Spics trampled to death under horse hooves! Journoswine nut shooted with 40 mike-mike! Liberal white women beaten and tear gassed! Come on, do it!
I don't believe that, until we mobilize every artillery unit in the entire nation and just start flattening everything 10 miles deep into their side of the border, I won't believe it. The Cartels and the CIA Glowies have agreements; the military or whoever may feel one way, but the glowies feel the other. Just look at Syria until somewhat recently; we were funding both sides of the conflict going on over there, with the standing military on one side and the glowies on the other. So unless Donald declares Total Taco Death and we treat Mexico like Israel's been treating Palestine, I don't fucking believe anything about the Cartels being afraid.
You don't need artillery, just drone strikes. Whatever the cartel can think of against the US, I can guarantee the Taliban and AQ already done it. >Total Taco Death The cartels have no public loyalty and have struggled fighting against even the Mexican Army, even losing ground to them over the years. The Le Hardcore Zetas were dismantled by them. You're giving them too much credit.
The sole reason it hasn't become a cascade of cartel decline is because the US is dedicating the war effort to Ukraine and not Mexico.
Additionally, there's the question of who the military would back if some kind of extreme event happened (like mass sabotage, a huge terrorist attack, or systemic foreign infiltration) and martial law was declared. Not looking good for the Dems if something crazy happens .
There's already an infiltration, several depending on how you want to measure it. Cartels have people and bribed types in several bases, to include the home of Delta Force. Anyone with a Chinese background can and probably will be called upon. We're on A&N and while I shouldn't have to mention Israel, fucking Israel. Those are just the known ones, God knows how many others are out there as well.
Lmao. Not even chest seals. They're relying on FF/EMS to save the patient and just play pretend LARP medic for hurt feelings and scrapes, and be mobile enough run away when the cops come.
Most military medics are EMT-A (Paramedic) level. I doubt these guys have ALS training.
Let's go through what standard paramedics can (depending on situation) bring with them:
Jump bag (BLS with O2): ~30 lbs, basic stuff like bandages, shears, O2 tank (weapon of last resort), burn kit, OBGYN stuff (not always), sterile water, PPE.
Trauma bag (for major trauma and GSWs): Blankets, hemostatic bandages, quick clot, chest seals, splints, gauze, cravats, tourney, pressure bandage, more PPE
Airway bag: Laryngoscope and entotrachyal kit, mirrors, PPE
Medicine bag: Useually perscription meds, IO/needles usually on ambu but in this case you'd take them with you (pain in the ass to get needles legally but we give em to junkies 10/10 Congress moment), more PPE (gloves). Usually only for EMT-A and up.
Burn bag: Mainly sterile dressing, irrigation, eyewash pods, burn gel. More PPE
Pedatric bag: Not required in this scenario, PPE
Vitals bag: EKG (Can double as a shield at times), b/p cuff, glucometer etc. Can be used as a blunt weapon of last resort/defensive shield, heavy as fuck.
Ceramic plates cause retards like to shoot at us in these events.
If you're expecting to actually stabilize in the field while fighting, you could probably build a special bag to mix and match 1,2,3,4,5. Plates for when some retard nignog friendly fires your ass. Might as well add a rope with noose to drag people. I doubt everyone has a drag strap on the back on the back their shirt/vest.
LMAO, they have tried to fix the US Flag problem, but still the best they can do is get people to wave the cancer flag where the Mexican tricolor sits like a tumor on the Stars and Stripes.
Yes yes, vidya shouldn't be taken seriously but they are, they're a good way to gauge people's thirst for something. And despite being presented in an "ironic" fashion, super earth is united, goal driven, free of internal drama, cool looking, proud, inspiring, and gets to kill stuff and enjoy it.
After 15 years of playing as "the resistance" full of lame genderspecials dressed in non uniform clown costumes (limited edition!) who go up against much cooler looking baddies, people are thirsty for what it feels like to be part of something that's actually functional. James Bond and Tomb raider have to be filled with messages about how bad colonialism is, war movies have to be anti war, movies about fighting have to be shameful, it's all just a big lecture from a finger wagging nanny. They invite you to the party then shame you for coming.
Add to that the amount of people who have had to live in disorganized crime infested monstrosities, and a culture that doesn't know which way is up, many people find sub optimal order preferable to idealistic chaos. Rap, grunge, stories of rebellion and thug culture were cool when most people had a cozy life and wanted to seem badass. But the average 20 something now has known nothing but clown world and self flagellation since he hit puberty. A lot of these kids have a DAD who acts thug-lyfe and they know in reality he's a massive coward.
This is no small thing, culture reflects public sentiment and i think this is part of why the elites are having so much trouble supporting the mobs like they did 5 years ago. They likely have data analysts and social engineers who have made it clear to them: "Lawlessness aint cool no more..." They can't come right out and say it but they're having to dance around the issue when in 2020 they were sucking rioter cock at every turn.
There was some interesting talk on this in the star wars thread last month during the screening of andor as to why a lot of kids these days are moving towards "fascism". Quoting @LORD IMPERATOR
So while we saw someone like Darth Vader as an oppressor back then, now we see a decisive man who doesn't tolerate the bullshit of modern democracy and indecisiveness. We see a guy who will go up to obstructive bureaucrats and snap their necks. We see a guy who will jump into danger and engage the foe up-front. We see a former slave make officers who come from fine, well-to-do families shit themselves in fear. Especially when the lore is concerned, where Vader is actually well-loved by the troops because he fights in the front alongside them; it's mostly the aristocratic officers who fucking hate his guts.
Not to mention ideas like "freedom" are rather nebulous to kids, especially when they're supposed to do everything their parents and teachers tell them. At that point, freedom for them is nonexistent. They're constantly told what to do, and they are punished when they don't do it. So the idea of freedom is an alien concept to them, whereas power, whether it's direct power like the Force, shooting lightning or energy blasts, or superhuman strength, or power above others in terms of who gives the orders, is something they can understand and respect.
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