Arrow How And At What Point Would The Government Intervene?

[mr. peasant]

My question is pretty much as the title describes. In Season 4, Star(ling) City is frequently being depicted as a struggling, dying city that is collapsing on itself - with two major terrorist attacks, a series of mayors and mayoral candidates who have been assassinated, a coup by a mob boss, parts of the city remaining firmly in the control of organised crime, and a police department that is now operating at record low morale after seeing large numbers of its officers either being killed or seriously injured in the line of duty following these recent events.

Personally, it seems illogical that the central government would allow something like this to continue uncontrolled without doing anything to prevent further breakdown. That said, how would the government respond realistically? In Episode 7, we saw the government trying to pump hard currency into the city to stimulate the economy. And I'd imagine they would/could probably also deploy the National Guard and/or declare a state of emergency in the city; though both would probably only worsen the mood, economy and depopulation of the city.

That said, has there been any Real Life precedent or enshrined regulations on such matters?

 

[metaphysician]

Well, there was stuff to help in season 2 and various places, but then again, part of their "help" at the end of season 2 was "gonna blow the city up".

I think you just have to accept as part of the setting premise for anything DC-derived, that the federal government has fairly little power, and state governments are virtually non-existent. All political power revolves around the super powerful metropolitan cities.

 

[Jedi Arrow]

Well, there was stuff to help in season 2 and various places, but then again, part of their "help" at the end of season 2 was "gonna blow the city up".

That was ARGUS, not the government. I mean yeah, ARGUS is technically a government agency, but Waller gave the order, not president or any other official.

 

[metaphysician]

A government agency is "the government". Part of the President's job is making sure his subordinates *don't* blow up cities without authorization.

 

[Arrowshieldfan]

Isn't the opening scene where the Federal government was sending money from the Federal Reserve to Starling city bank? is consider something that Federal government is involved...

 

[JC00]

Unless a state of emergency is declared and in-effect the federal government wouldn't intervene. The two terrorist attacks (Malcolm's earthquake and Slade's army) were stopped relativity quick. Other than sending aide to help with the damage the federal government would have zero reason to be there. They let states/cities govern themselves.

As for the money being brought, that was them helping a federally insured bank not stimulating the Star City economy.

 

[HR-PUFF&STUFF]

look at parts of OH and Detroit, they show that a city can go to **** and there isn't much the feds will do. once the people and the business's go thats it for a city.