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I haven't heard of one, the conspiracy-theorist in me is reminded of all the ammunition that various federal agencies have been purchasing over the last decade

I haven't heard of one, the conspiracy-theorist in me is reminded of all the ammunition that various federal agencies have been purchasing over the last decade and the militarization of local law enforcement. I'm not sure if that's an indication of any actual plan (certainly not a sensible one) or simply a hedge against the fact that nobody has one, or nothing at all. In any case, ignoring even just the truckers is a bad idea (let alone ups, fedex, usps, etc), they know the highways and the trucks and if they form a new Luddite group then any self-driving trucking company is going to be in for some surprise expenses when their trucks start disappearing and/or breaking down randomly in the middle of nowhere.

snerbles 9y ago
Those agencies tend to pre-purchase ammo years in advance, and the "militarization" of police is mostly from agencies receiving surplus equipment from the DoD for pennies on the dollar. Lord knows civilian cops don't have the same level of discipline - if I pulled one-tenth of that sort of abuse while I was an enlisted MP, I'd be rotting in a cell in Fort Leavenworth instead of writing this post. All that being said, I wouldn't be surprised if certain elites have noticed that public sentiment is resembling France in the 1790s. This whole surveillance apparatus is here to intercept the next Robespierre, national security be damned.