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@quinn I note that the US military, with about 2M total head-count, isn't large enough to serve as an occupying force for a polity the size of the USA (350M population): traditional rule of thumb is a 1:30 ratio. Assuming only half the US needs forcibly subjugating, that'd take 9-10M or so troops to occupy blue state America: even with the National Guard and police 100% on board, the federal government falls short.

Thiel's surveillance tech empire might change the equation, though.