r/Cascadia • u/Gwarsss Oregon • 7d ago

Martial law

If martial law is declared on 4/20 (also hitlers birthday) we need to make sure we prep. I saw a good post about that. But incase this happens I think we should email our governors, senators, and congressmen/congresswomen to declare independence from the 50 states and join Canada or stay as our own nation. All of Cascadia, and maybe some other blue states also. But we need out states to stand strong if this does happen, please email the governors of Washington, Oregon, and California asking if martial law is declared to declare independence and get in contact with other governors about this subject. Cascadia we need to stand strong, email your governor.

Check comments for the link to the preparations. And if your worrying about it being unconstitutional to declare independence, martial law will most likely be also and you could make a case for this being a overturning of the government by the people for taking away unalienable rights.

Before you hate read the linked post please… it’s also a rumor.

And no this does not mean I believe it.

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u/TroubleEntendre 7d ago

The Army isn't big enough to do martial law in the United States. It would take something like 200 combat divisions to hold down the continental US, and we've got...11 Army + 4 Marine divisions. Even if they activated all the National Guard troops, and all the NG troops cooperated with a full fascist power grab, they wouldn't have close to enough troops to maintain control.

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u/Local_Vermicelli_856 7d ago

Yeah, but when you consider those troops wouldn't need to be deployed to rural Nebraska... they suddenly have a lot more impact.

If they are only used in targeting the blue cities and metropolitan areas, they will be much more effective.

That being said... the United States military has recent history with occupations. Even with a maximized deployment area and schedule, it's nearly impossible to successfully secure and police a large population spanning multiple large geographic areas. Iraq and Afghanistan taught us that.

If even a fraction of the population takes up armed insurgency over a large enough area - the ability to maintain order becomes increasingly difficult.