It's rule by the military and "certain civil rights and liberties may be suspended or restricted during martial law, such as freedom of movement, assembly, and speech" (per Google).
I also don't see that it's constitutional, so there's that. It's just rule by raw power without further pretense of legality or consent.
How do you feel about that?
Regarding loss of civil liberties:
In an ideal world I would be free from both disorganized crime and organized crime (including state actors as organized criminals).
If that's not available to me, I would prefer to be free of more serious crimes (regardless of who commits them) and to enjoy a greater degree of liberty (regardless of how it is enforced).
So I would prefer to lose free speech than to lose my right of self-defense against burglars, although ideally all of my rights should be fully intact against all comers.
Regarding rule by the military / raw power:
I think raw power is always what rules in the short run and the power of ideas is always what rules in the long run. I don't see how rule by the military is any worse than rule by the psuedo-military we call police. Moreover, being open about the nature of power allows the citizenry to react intelligently, in a way that most struggle to do when power is masked as "the people" ruling "themselves".
I think at the highest levels the US is already run by a military dictatorship (often called the Deep State), and gradually they are pulling the mask off and baring their teeth and claws.
I don't think the generals are in charge. I do think the manner in which government power is shown to the public has almost nothing to do with the manner in which it actually works.
I think that there's a vast ruling class that achieves rough consensus which is then independently implemented by thousands of bureaucratic managers. I'm sure there are factional conflicts within the ruling class, but they prefer to keep the scam going and are in that sense united.
I think elections are almost totally divorced from actual power, and are essentially a show. Elections are the 2nd-player controller you give to your little brother so he can pretend he's making things happen.
I read somewhere recently about how people in other countries that have military dictatorships often have more freedom because the military government largely leaves them alone and doesn't meddle too much in their personal lives.
Yes - very important distinction between authoritarian countries & totalitarian countries.
In an authoritarian country rule is by force and you can basically say and do whatever you want as long as it doesn't threaten the regime.
In a totalitarian country rule is by pseudo-religion. Failure to clap enthusiastically for Stalin is a crime by itself.
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