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2025-05-08 04:01:00
Martial Law Disguised as Law and Order: The Oldest Trick in the Authoritarian Playbook
“A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.”—James Madison We are being frog-marched into tyranny at the end of a loaded gun. Or rather, hundreds of thousands of loaded guns. Let’s not mince words: President Trump’s April 28 executive order is the oldest trick in the authoritarian playbook: martial law masquerading as law and order. Officially titled “Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens,” this order is a “heil Hitler” wrapped in the goosestepping, despotic trappings of national security. Don’t be fooled by Trump’s tough-on-crime rhetoric, cloaked in … https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/05/no_author/martial-law-disguised-as-law-and-order-the-oldest-trick-in-the-authoritarian-playbook/
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