https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycytNj2g-eA&t=41s The year is 2004 and the GWOT has escalated into a second war. For some of you this really matters, and for some of you this doesn't matter nearly as much. Some of you were present under Clinton and some of you were raised up into the higher echelons of power under W Bush. You are The Machine.
You are slow and you are cautious. The little bits and pieces that make you up may be people and they make believe in things, but as The Machine it's unclear what you believe. Your members exist within Congress and exist within the various Departments of the Executive Branch. Some of you even exist inside the Judicial System. And overall, plenty of you would be content to make thousands of dollars in speaking fees, and looking forward to retiring with a pension at worst and a cushy do-nothing job at Lockheed Martin or some such MIC. The second wave of tax cuts for the wealthy are generous and the interests are almost nothing. It's a great time to invest and become even richer.
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There are some problems however.
<span class="mu-s">1. The threat level is <span class="mu-r">Orange, which means that recently there has been some very serious terrorist attacks and the intelligence apparatus is expecting more.</span>
Nowadays these kinds of attacks are one or two dissatisfied youths shooting up some kind of intellectual institution and wounding and/or killing a few dozen people. There are also plenty of Al Qaeda attacks attempted, but they don't usually go through.
Last month there was an attack on some federal agents in Maine.
Colorado has been under curfew for about a year now. There have been four to six attempted attacks, with three of them actually happening, but being partially reduced by undercover agents and rapid response security forces. Power and water have come down for at least 20% of the state over and over, and attacks have also been made at hospitals and water purification plants.
A detonation of some sort happened inside a suburban home and took out half the structure. At least two or three unknown groups were targets or causes or investigators into that incident.
Another shootout happened at a separate suburban home and then it was torched.
The most clear data available to you says that there has been serious attrition of militia members, suspected terrorists, private security, and government security forces. You don't even know which incidents killed, wounded, or maimed who, and which group targeted which in each incident.
<span class="mu-s">This doesn't make any sense. because in the five stage pyramid of power, you are the second to highest level. You don't decide the agenda, but you have the power to decide how it's carried out.</span></span>
