“Are the protests legitimate or are they a color revolution?” In 2019, it is no longer safe to assume that protesters are organic. However, it is also not safe to assume that every action of civil unrest is because the US has organized a coup.
As the welfare-warfare-fiat money system collapses, we will see increased violence...and an increase in police state power. The only way to avoid this fate is for good people to unite and replace the extremist ideologies of the mainstream...
After pro-Iran allies in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq were all hit in suspected Israeli strikes in the space of less than 24 hours, Arab capitals arenow putting their armed forces on a war footing.
...the Pentagon keeps an ace up its sleeve in case any state politicians get uppity. The Pentagon will simply threaten to remove millions of dollars worth of spending from any state which refuses to immediately comply.
At age 17, the government considers you so irresponsible that you cannot buy cigarettes, drink alcohol, or consent to marriage. But a county in Minnesota decided a 17-year-old was capable of making the life altering, irreversible decision to get a sex change.